The Veteran is granted a rating of 10% for limitation of extension of the left hip as of June 19, 2018. The effective date for this award is also set at June 19, 2018.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner noted that the Veteran's range of motion was limited to less than 5 degrees during a flare-up, which meets the criteria for a 10% rating under DC 5251.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of extension of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2023
- Citation
- A23033429
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral hip conditions and set an effective date of September 4, 2024.
- Dismissed
The Board has granted service connection for various hip, ankle, and knee conditions. However, the Veteran did not appeal these decisions to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC), so the claims are dismissed.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates related to various left and right hip, knee, shoulder, and other conditions as they were freestanding claims not continuously pursued from the initial rating decisions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for various bilateral hip limitations and lower extremity radiculopathy, as an effective date prior to January 12, 2024, was not warranted.
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