The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip condition is causally related to service and grants her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions supported by clinical experience concluded that the Veteran's right hip condition was directly caused by repetitive physical demands during active duty, leading to a diagnosis of a right hip labral tear.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip labral tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2023
- Citation
- 23058162
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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