The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's left hip total arthroplasty, but no higher.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record shows that the Veteran's left hip total arthroplasty results in markedly severe residual weakness, pain or limitation of motion following implantation of prosthesis; the evidence of record persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran's left hip total arthroplasty results in painful motion or weakness such as to require the use of crutches.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip total arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25038807
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right hip disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back and knee disabilities.,Both the VA examiner and Dr. M.T. provided opinions linking the hip conditions to the Veteran's service-connected back and knee disabilities.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for left hip total arthroplasty was withdrawn by the Veteran during a hearing and is therefore dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request to revise the February 2012 rating decision that granted a 30 percent rating for left and right hip total arthroplasty, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left hip total arthroplasty, right knee patellofemoral osteoarthritis, and left knee patellofemoral osteoarthritis, all of which are related to the Veteran's in-service parachute injury.
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