The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's left and right hip disabilities, except for a 10 percent rating from March 11, 2024, for both hips.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support higher ratings based on the criteria for limitation of extension, flexion, or thigh impairment prior to March 11, 2024, but did support a 10 percent rating from that date due to limitation of adduction in both hips.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain, limitation of extension, left hip strain, limitation of flexion, left hip strain, thigh impairment, right hip strain, limitation of extension, right hip strain, limitation of flexion, right hip strain, thigh impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109103
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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and higher ratings due to additional procedural development being required. The AOJ is instructed to issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case addressing all evidence received since the September 2025 SSOC.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for dyshidrotic eczema of the hands and denied service connection for chronic headaches, sleep apnea, irritable bowel syndrome, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, left hip strain with various limitations, left knee joint osteoarthritis, pain of lumbar spine, and other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal before the Board, and all pending issues have been dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the claims for compensable ratings for left and right hip strain, limitation of extension and flexion, as well as for left and right ankle sprain. However, a 30 percent rating was granted for peritoneal adhesions and GERD with IBS.
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