The Board has granted service connection for a right hip disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left hip and left knee conditions. The rating for arthritis of the left hip remains at 30 percent, while the rating for left chondromalacia patella is remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the finding that the right hip disability is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left hip and left knee conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability, Arthritis of the Left Hip (status post fracture), Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee, Left Chondromalacia Patella
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19131460
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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