The Board has granted service connection for right hip disability on a secondary basis due to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities. The claim is now resolved in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's right hip disability was at least as likely as not aggravated by his service-connected disabilities of his lower extremities, including his low back disability and radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability, Low Back Degenerative Disc Disease and Intervertebral Disc Syndrome with Surgical Decompression Residuals and Strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 23, 2023
- Citation
- 23011417
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no persuasive evidence of current diagnoses or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's right hip disability, finding that her current 10 percent rating adequately reflects her symptoms and limitations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right hip disability, which may be related to service or secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for both a right hip disability and a left hip disability, finding that the Veteran's observable symptoms of pain and stiffness began during his active service and have persisted.
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