The Veteran's initial claim for right hip degenerative joint disease was granted in April 2010, with a 10 percent rating. After undergoing total hip replacement, he received a 100 percent rating from January 7, 2015 to February 29, 2016. From March 1, 2016 to December 13, 2016, the Veteran was granted a 50 percent rating for his right hip condition post-replacement. The claim for higher ratings prior to these dates is denied.,The Veteran's initial claim for right knee injury residuals with chondromalacia patella was denied in April 2010 and later increased to 30 percent from January 24, 2014. A total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to December 14, 2016 is also denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right hip degenerative joint disease was not manifested by flexion limited to 30 degrees or less, abduction with motion lost beyond 10 degrees, ankylosis, flail joint, or malunion/nonunion of the femur prior to January 7, 2015. After total hip replacement, he received a 50 percent rating from March 1, 2016 to December 13, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Knee Injury Residuals with Chondromalacia Patella
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19126824
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- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of the 20 percent rating for left hip degenerative joint disease and a 10 percent rating for right hip degenerative joint disease, effective October 12, 2022, but denied a higher rating for the left hip.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of right hip disorder due to new and relevant evidence. The Board also granted service connection as the current right hip disorder is related to a right hip injury during service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right hip and right knee disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right foot disability, finding that the current disabilities are aggravated beyond their natural progression by this condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him substantially confined to his dwelling, the immediate premises, a ward or clinical area of an institution due to a service-connected condition. He does not have one disability that is rated as totally disabling and an additional disability or disabilities that are independently rated or ratable as at least 60 percent disabling.
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