The Veteran's disability rating for degenerative joint disease of the left hip, status post total hip replacement, is increased to 90 percent effective May 1, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s symptoms and impairment more nearly approximated the criteria for a 90 percent disability rating due to painful motion or weakness such as requiring use of crutches.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the left hip, Total hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144567
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right hip, left hip, and left shoulder, as well as PTSD. The claim for a higher rating for the right knee scar was denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right and left hips, as well as degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine and lumbar spine, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran's surviving spouse.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected left hip, left shoulder, and cervical spine disabilities due to his failure to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of degenerative joint disease of the left hip, left shoulder disability, and degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled VA examinations.
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