The Board has granted service connection for a right hip disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected orthopedic disabilities. The left hip disability is not found to be related to any service-connected condition.,Service connection was denied for the Veteran's left hip disability, which the Board determined did not have an onset within one year of separation from service and does not meet the criteria for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The right hip disability is found to be related to the Veteran's service-connected orthopedic disabilities due to his altered gait.,For the left hip disability, there was no established medical nexus linking it to any service-connected condition and the evidence does not support a finding of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disability, Left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21026459
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