The Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of the right hip is granted. The Board also grants service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right hip due to trauma, but remands for further examination regarding a secondary service-connected disability and temporary total rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has provided medical evidence linking his current degenerative arthritis of the right hip to his in-service treatment, which is sufficient to establish service connection. However, the Board finds that an opinion on whether the right leg disability is secondary to the service-connected fragment wound of the right thigh is needed.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis (right hip), degenerative arthritis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20041392
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