Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral hip disability, finding that it was proximately caused by medications prescribed to treat his service-connected disabilities. The claim for heart disability was remanded due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 VA medical opinion provided credible evidence linking the Veteran's bilateral hip disability to corticosteroid use, while the heart disability claim required further development and a more thorough medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip disability, heart disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25003766
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