The Board granted service connection for right hip trochanteric pain syndrome as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee strain.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion and reported history of the Veteran's symptomatology, along with the lack of probative value in the VA opinions, led to an approximate balance of evidence supporting a causal relationship between the right hip trochanteric pain syndrome and the left knee strain.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip trochanteric pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25028201
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.
What you can do next
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