The Board has granted the Veteran's petition to reopen her service connection claim for right hip bursitis and assigned a 70 percent rating for her depressive disorder. The appeal regarding opiate dependence is denied.
The deciding factor: New evidence was received showing that the Veteran’s current right hip disability may be related to her service-connected thoracolumbar spine and right knee disabilities, which could establish new and material evidence for reopening the claim. For her depressive disorder, the Board found that she met the criteria for a 70 percent rating due to significant occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip bursitis, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20001433
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as depressive disorder, effective May 1, 2017.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted service connection for migraine headaches secondary to tinnitus, effective April 1, 2021. The claim for an earlier effective date for depressive disorder was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left hip bursitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes cavus, but denied an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the spine with lower back strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a VA examination and etiological opinion.
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