The Board has granted service connection for right and left hip disabilities, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his active military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's hip disabilities and his service as a paratrooper.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disability, Left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183835
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.
What you can do next
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