Your claim for service connection for chronic right hip pain has been fully resolved in your favor, and the appeal is dismissed as there are no unresolved issues.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was granted in a March 2023 rating decision for right hip replacement, which includes the previously denied chronic right hip pain.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right hip pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24045125
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic right hip pain and dismissed appeals for bowel incontinence secondary to a back disability and PFB.,There is no current evidence of a diagnosed right hip condition related to active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to conflicting evidence regarding whether pre-existing scoliosis was aggravated by service. The VA examiner will need to provide an opinion on this issue, which is inextricably intertwined with the other issues.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic right hip pain, as there was no current diagnosis of a disability other than the already service-connected radiculopathy.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, chronic left hip pain, and chronic right hip pain. The Veteran's conditions are deemed to have been present during her military service.
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