Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision 19126269
The deciding factor:
- Claimed conditions
- left hip dysplasia, left hip Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19126269
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,240 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left hip dysplasia as secondary to her service-connected left knee degenerative arthritis, finding that her hip condition was aggravated by her knee condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a rectal fissure is denied as there is no persuasive evidence of current disability or in-service incurrence.,Service connection for left hip dysplasia prior to March 21, 2019 is remanded due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the severity of her condition.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a remote left frontal craniotomy for left scalp lump removal is remanded as there are no current findings or symptoms attributable to this condition.,Service connection for a scalp scar prior to April 21, 2022 is denied due to lack of associated underlying soft tissue damage and insufficient disfigurement characteristics.,A rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's scalp scar after April 21, 2022 is remanded as there are no more than two to three characteristics of disfigurement present.,Service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with related depressive symptoms prior to April 18, 2022 is granted at a 50 percent rating. From April 18, 2022, the Veteran's PTSD disability is rated as 70 percent disabling.,Service connection for PTSD with related depressive symptoms from April 18, 2022 is denied due to insufficient evidence of occupational and social impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that there is not substantial compliance with its February 2020 remand directives and further development is needed, including obtaining service treatment records and a VA examination to determine the nature and cause of the Veteran's current left hip conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's left hip arthritis and dysplasia are service-connected, with the dysplasia being aggravated by service. The claim for a left hip disorder was reopened due to new evidence.
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