The Board has granted service connection for right hip arthritis and left hip replacement, finding that these conditions are caused by the Veteran's service-connected right ankle sprain with traumatic arthritis and arthrotomy.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current hip conditions (right hip arthritis and left hip replacement) are secondary to his service-connected right ankle sprain with traumatic arthritis and arthrotomy, based on medical evidence provided by a private physician who reviewed the Veteran's medical history and treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip arthritis, left hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24057955
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for left hip arthritis, right hip arthritis, type II diabetes, right lower extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, and sleep apnea as they have become service-connected in other rating decisions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and dismissed all other appeals related to various joint conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on housebound status as he does not have a single disability rated at 100% and his disabilities are not so severe that they render him substantially confined to his residence.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than October 26, 2014, for service connection and TDIU were denied.,The Veteran's claim for DEA benefits was also denied.
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