The Veteran's appeal for a restoration of a 10 percent disability rating for service-connected left hip disability based on limitation of flexion from October 29, 2014 through May 19, 2016 has been granted. Additionally, the Veteran was awarded TDIU due to his combination of service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The restoration of a 10 percent rating for left hip limitation of flexion is based on hip arthritis with limited (but otherwise non-compensable) flexion with pain under Diagnostic Code 5010. The Veteran's TDIU was granted due to his combination of service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or maintaining substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip arthritis, left hip degenerative joint disease status post-surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149600
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.
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