The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip disability, to include right hip bursitis and trochanteric pain syndrome, as proximately due to his service-connected left knee patellofemoral syndrome.
The deciding factor: The evidence in support of the claim outweighs the evidence against it, with the Veteran's private clinician opining that the right hip disability is at least as likely as not proximately due to the left knee disability. The VA clinicians provided opinions against the claim but were found to be approximately evenly balanced.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip bursitis, Trochanteric pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24078930
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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