The Veteran's left hip avascular necrosis, status post total hip replacement, is granted service connection. His left thigh scar secondary to his left hip avascular necrosis, status post total hip arthroplasty, is also granted. Service connection for jawbone replacement is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the Veteran's reported symptoms and medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left total hip replacement, left thigh scar, jaw bone replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19150050
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,861 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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 has remanded the claim of service connection for tinea pedis and denied all other claims due to lack of current disability related to pneumonia, and non-compensable ratings for the Veteran's scar disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's left thigh scar, status-post femur fracture and repair is rated noncompensable under Diagnostic Code 7802. The Board finds no basis for a compensable rating.,The Veteran's right clavicle mid-shaft fracture residuals are currently rated at 20 percent under Diagnostic Code 5201, which addresses limitation of motion of the arm. The Board does not find any basis for a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review them.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for migraine headaches, right ankle disability, left lower extremity disability, and left thigh scar.
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