The Board granted service connection for a left elbow strain and a left hip strain, effective November 3, 2020, and the Veteran's attorney is eligible to receive direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded.
The deciding factor: The fee agreement between the Veteran and his attorney was valid, and the issues granted in the January 2022 rating decision were part of service connection claims for thigh and elbow disabilities that had previously been denied.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow strain, left hip strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24071365
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder due to another medical condition with depressive features and generalized anxiety disorder, denied a higher rating for his migraine including migraine variants, and denied ratings for other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left hip strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis due to a lack of evidence supporting a causal relationship.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip strain and right and left knee strain due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right hip strain, left and right ankle pain, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability. The claims for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, chronic headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and post traumatic residual pain and cramping of the left lower leg were remanded.
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