Granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left hip degenerative arthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence at least rises to the level of approximate equipoise in support of entitlement to secondary service connection for degenerative arthritis of each hip, based on the Veteran's reported gait issues due to his knees and medical opinions from a private nurse practitioner.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip degenerative arthritis, left hip degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018424
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