The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities, as well as unspecified arthritis of the cervical, bilateral shoulder, and bilateral elbow joints. The issues of entitlement to service connection for right and left knee disabilities are remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that any current hip or knee disability is related to service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Degenerative Joint Disease, Left Hip Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS) Status Post Arthroscopy with Surgical Scarring, Left Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS) Status Post Arthroscopy with Surgical Scarring, Unspecified Arthritis, Including Cervical, Bilateral Shoulder, and Bilateral Elbow Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22057397
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of the 20 percent rating for left hip degenerative joint disease and a 10 percent rating for right hip degenerative joint disease, effective October 12, 2022, but denied a higher rating for the left hip.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of right hip disorder due to new and relevant evidence. The Board also granted service connection as the current right hip disorder is related to a right hip injury during service.
- Denied
The Veteran's left hip disability, including limitation of extension and flexion, was rated as 10 percent disabling prior to June 2021. The Board denied increased ratings for these conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right hip and right knee disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right foot disability, finding that the current disabilities are aggravated beyond their natural progression by this condition.
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