The Board has granted service connection for trochanteric pain syndrome of the left hip and right hip, finding that there is a continuity of symptoms since military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found medical evidence of a diagnosis of trochanteric pain syndrome condition during the appeal period, with an onset in 2013 (during the Veteran's military service), and considered the continuity of symptomatology evident in both service and post-service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- trochanteric pain syndrome of the left hip, trochanteric pain syndrome of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19147731
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service-connection of trochanteric pain syndrome in both hips due to inadequate medical examinations.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeals for earlier effective dates for service connection of trochanteric pain syndrome of the left hip, limitation of extension of the left hip, and limitation of flexion of the left hip. The effective date remains July 10, 2019.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right hip disability is rated at 10 percent for limitation of flexion, and the RO has granted a separate 10 percent rating for impairment of the thigh. The initial ratings for both conditions are granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various ankle, hip, and knee conditions are being remanded due to insufficient medical opinions addressing the direct and secondary service connection bases.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbosacral strain are also being remanded.
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