Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left hip disability and a right hip disability, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The August 2020 VA examiner's opinion was found probative as it established a nexus between the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities and his current hip disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip osteoarthritis, right hip trochanteric pain syndrome, iliopsoas tendinitis, status post arthroplasty and revision secondary to labral tear and osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25110124
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