The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hip arthritis, secondary to his service-connected degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine. The decision is based on credible lay and medical evidence indicating that the Veteran's current bilateral hip disability is caused by his service-connected lumbar spine condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was at least equipoise in the evidence regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral hip disability was caused by or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine disability, thus granting service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19133665
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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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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