The Veteran's 20% rating for painful snapping and left hip iliopsoas tendonitis was reduced to a 10% rating, effective September 1, 2014. The Board finds this reduction improper and restores the 20% rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show actual improvement in the Veteran's condition between the time of the reduction and the current examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Iliopsoas Tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19163278
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left hip disability, finding that there was no evidence showing it was incurred during or aggravated by active service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected painful snapping and left hip iliopsoas tendonitis was not found to warrant a disability rating in excess of 20 percent due to the lack of evidence of marked hip disability or fracture of the surgical or anatomical neck of the femur.
- Denied
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- Denied
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