The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right hip disability, finding that there was no evidence of chronicity in service or within a presumptive period. The Board also found that the current right hip arthritis is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected left ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's right hip disability is less likely than not caused by or related to his service-connected left ankle disability, and there was no evidence of aggravation beyond its natural progression.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20069902
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip, right hip and left knee conditions have been granted.,Service connection has been established for degenerative joint disease of the bilateral hips and patellofemoral degenerative changes of the left knee.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The appeal has been withdrawn for issues related to increased ratings for hip and knee disabilities, as well as service connection for hearing loss. The low back disability claim is remanded due to the need for additional VA medical records.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected right hip degenerative joint disease has not been shown to meet the criteria for a compensable rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the service-connected right hip disability due to limitation of flexion from April 13, 2009 through July 13, 2021. The appeal for an increased disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the service connected right hip disability was denied.
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