The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left hip disability as secondary to his service-connected back disability, with an initial 10 percent evaluation effective November 11, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current left hip disability is secondary to his service-connected back disability based on medical opinions and the Veteran's history of injury during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip degenerative osteoarthritis (left hip disability), lumbar spine degenerative arthritis (back disability)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2026
- Citation
- 26002078
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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.
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