The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted. The right hip arthritis and left lung spontaneous pneumothorax residuals are now considered established based on new evidence received since the March 2008 denial.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence has provided current diagnoses of bilateral hip arthritis and atelectasis in both lungs, which relate to missing elements needed for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Arthritis, Left Lung Spontaneous Pneumothorax Residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22061592
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Granted
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip arthritis is service-connected as it began during his active service and has persisted since then.
- Granted
The Court found that the Veteran's pre-existing right hip condition was aggravated by service and progressed to arthritis, leading to a grant of service connection for the right hip disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right hip, shoulder, elbow, and low back disabilities, finding no evidence of in-service onset or relationship to active service.
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