The Board has granted service connection for right hip bursitis and a right ankle injury, finding that both conditions began during active service.
The deciding factor: Both conditions were diagnosed and treated while the Veteran was in military service, with no evidence of pre-service or post-service onset or aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip bursitis, right ankle injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2023
- Citation
- 23019934
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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
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