The Veteran's osteoarthritis left hip is granted as secondary to his service-connected limitation of flexion, right knee.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's osteoarthritis left hip was found to be proximately due to his service-connected limitation of flexion, right knee.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis left hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2023
- Citation
- A23035307
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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 denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for osteoarthritis left hip, as the evidence did not show a limitation of abduction such that motion was lost beyond 10 degrees.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for osteoarthritis left hip and remanded the claims for bilateral flat foot, lumbosacral strain, and right knee strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether a right hip disability is caused or aggravated by service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's case is being remanded for further consideration of multiple issues, including a TDIU claim and the rating of various disabilities.
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