The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his right hip strain, abduction, adduction, and rotation due to limited range of motion and pain. The Veteran was already receiving a separate 10% rating for limitation of extension.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's disability more nearly approximated limitation of rotation or abduction beyond 10 degrees, which would warrant a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5253.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip strain, abduction, adduction, and rotation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23020607
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