Granted
The veteran's right hip strain is service-connected as secondary to their left patellar tendonitis. The evidence showed that the hip strain was at least in equipoise due to the knee condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found a private medical opinion from October 2022 highly probative, stating it was at least as likely as not that the veteran's right hip strain is secondary to his service-connected left patellar tendonitis.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip strain, left patellar tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007578
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