The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip conditions, including as due to environmental hazard exposure during Gulf War service. The Veteran's bilateral hip conditions are related to her military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by Dr. M.T. and the VA examiner supported a finding that the Veteran’s bilateral hip conditions were directly related to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip labral tears, right hip tendinitis, left hip labral tears, left hip tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2020
- Citation
- A20016834
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 28, 2016, for the grant of service connection for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome but denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for right and left hip tendinitis.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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