The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hip pain, productive of limitation of flexion as secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions supported the finding that the Veteran’s hip symptoms were due to his service-connected lumbar back strain.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip pain, productive of limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19196219
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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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