The Veteran's left hip fracture is not service-connected, and the Board denied entitlement to a temporary total rating for convalescence due to the fracture. The claim for TDIU was also denied as there was no established service connection.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established for the left hip fracture as it was not shown to have originated in service or be related to any service-connected disability, including diabetes with complications (Charcot joints).
- Claimed conditions
- left hip fracture, diabetes with complications (Charcot joints)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20005976
What this means for you
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