The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip arthralgia, finding that the Veteran's current hip disability began in service and caused functional impairment of earning capacity.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner noted that the hip pain began during service and was exacerbated by prolonged standing and sitting, which would cause significant impairment to the Veteran's ability to work on his feet.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip arthralgia, left hip arthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2024
- Citation
- A24076201
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for right hip arthralgia as secondary to her service-connected left hip replacement, finding reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD, granted a 20 percent rating for bilateral dry eye syndrome, and denied ratings higher than 10 percent for left knee strain with arthritis and a compensable initial rating for right ear hearing loss. The Board also denied service connection for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, left hip arthralgia, right hip arthralgia, right foot pes planus and plantar fasciitis, status post subtalar joint arthrodesis (right foot condition), and candida infections but granted service connection for left leg lower extremity radiculopathy and right leg lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis.
- Dismissed
The claims for service connection for right and left hip arthralgia were dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.
- Partly granted
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