Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for degenerative joint disease of the right hip/right total hip arthroplasty, claimed as a right hip condition, was reopened and granted.,Service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and migraines, as a residual of TBI, were both granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence related to the in-service incurrence element of the service connection claim for degenerative joint disease of the right hip/right total hip arthroplasty was received.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"degenerative joint disease of the right hip/right total hip arthroplasty","claimed_as":"right hip condition"}, {"condition_name":"residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI)","claimed_as":"TBI"}, {"condition_name":"migraines","claimed_as":"as residual of TBI"}, {"condition_name":"dizziness","claimed_as":"manifested by dizziness, other than as a residual of a TBI and/or spider bites"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181344
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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