The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability, right hip limitation of adduction, and left hip limitation of adduction effective June 12, 2018. The effective date is set at February 9, 2018.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received within one-year of the August 2018 rating decision, allowing for an earlier effective date of February 9, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease with lumbosacral strain and spondylolisthesis (lumbar spine disability), Right hip limitation of adduction, Left hip limitation of adduction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2020
- Citation
- A20015860
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