The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral arthritis of the hips, finding that his current condition is related to an in-service event and considering lay testimony and medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The decision finds that the Veteran's current bilateral hip arthritis is related to an in-service event based on his complaints of joint pain during service and subsequent medical opinions linking his current condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral arthritis of the hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186612
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Decisions by this judge: 1,071 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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