The Veteran's bilateral hip disabilities have been granted a 60 percent rating from June 14, 2013, and he has also been granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from the same date.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran by finding that his bilateral hip disabilities manifested with functional equivalent of favorable ankylosis for the entire period on appeal, and that he was unable to re-enter the workforce due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Left hip disability, Right hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25008179
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.
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