The Veteran was granted service connection for right hip degenerative arthritis with an effective date of July 29, 2008.,Service connection for a residual scar on the right hip, secondary to a total right hip replacement, was also granted with an effective date of August 4, 2009.
The deciding factor: The effective dates were determined based on when the Veteran filed his claims and when the disabilities manifested.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip degenerative arthritis, residual right hip scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130280
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Decisions by this judge: 439 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection and effective dates have been denied.,Effective date determinations were not provided as the decisions are in denial.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee and hip degenerative arthritis, finding that these conditions were incurred in service due to wear and tear from military activities.
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