The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral disability and denied an earlier effective date for the right hip trochanteric pain syndrome.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's current lumbosacral disability being proximately due to his service-connected bilateral hip disabilities, while an earlier effective date was not supported by evidence of a claim prior to August 17, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip trochanteric pain syndrome, lumbosacral disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24000243
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 31, 2023, for the award of service connection for left and right hip disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various musculoskeletal and other conditions as there was no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's active service and her current disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for the Veteran's disabilities and ancillary compensation benefits, finding that August 8, 2023, was correctly assigned as the effective date.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a timely filing of an appeal regarding service connection and initial rating for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as other conditions.
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