The Board grants service connection for a condition manifested by chronic pain, to specifically include right hip pain, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected metastatic T-cell lymphoma with enlarged lymph nodes associated with thyroid cancer status post thyroidectomy and sialadenectomy.
The deciding factor: The Board resolves reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran in finding that her chronic pain syndrome, to specifically include her service connection claim for right hip pain and resulting functional impairment, is secondary to her service-connected metastatic T-cell lymphoma with enlarged lymph nodes associated with thyroid cancer status post thyroidectomy and sialadenectomy.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pain, to specifically include right hip pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2024
- Citation
- 24032168
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
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