The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral hip condition, finding that his current disability is related to an in-service injury and resolving all reasonable doubt in his favor.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s current bilateral hip condition was incurred during active duty due to a fall he experienced while serving on active duty, which led to chronic hip pain. The Board also noted the Veteran's competent lay evidence of continuity of symptomatology since service and resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20071373
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