The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right elbow disorder is granted. The claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hip and knee disorders are remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the current disabilities, including arthritis in the hips and knees, were at least as likely as not incurred during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pain, limited range of motion, and numbness limiting ability to lift and carry objects, Pain in bilateral hips with functional limitation including chronic pain of the hips., Pain and limited range of motion in bilateral knees, Not specified in the decision, but implied by the issues on appeal.
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19167077
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What this means for you
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