The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for right hip osteoarthritis with avascular necrosis and denied higher ratings or compensable ratings for the other conditions.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA examiner reported moderately severe residuals of weakness, pain, or limitation of motion as a result of the total right hip arthroplasty conducted in December 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip osteoarthritis with avascular necrosis, right elbow degenerative arthritis, other than post-traumatic, with ganglion cyst and painful motion, right elbow degenerative arthritis, other than post-traumatic, with ganglion cyst and limited extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25058000
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Decisions by this judge: 766 · Granted: 40% (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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