The reduction of the 10 percent rating for limitation of adduction of the left hip was not proper, and the prior 10 percent rating is restored.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not follow procedural requirements in reducing the Veteran's disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of adduction of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2024
- Citation
- A24046073
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for various bilateral hip limitations and lower extremity radiculopathy, as an effective date prior to January 12, 2024, was not warranted.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's knee and hip disabilities, granted a 20% rating for right knee semilunar cartilage condition and left knee semilunar cartilage condition, and denied service connection for hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for her residuals of a left hip stress fracture and limitation of adduction of the left hip have been denied. The current ratings are considered appropriate based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected right and left hip conditions are being remanded for a new VA examination to assess their current severity.
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