Granted
The veteran's right and left hip strains are granted service connection as secondary to the service-connected residuals of a left ankle sprain.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hip strains were at least as likely as not due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip strain, left hip strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006772
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