The Board granted service connection for right leg length discrepancy secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hip disabilities and remanded several other claims related to his pelvic fractures and osteoarthritis.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on competent medical evidence indicating that the Veteran's right leg length discrepancy is proximately due to a surgical screw placement for his service-connected bilateral hip disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg length discrepancy, residuals of the left middle pelvis fracture surgery and osteoarthritis sacroiliac joints/hip with limited extension, residuals of the left middle pelvis fracture surgery and osteoarthritis sacroiliac joints/hip with limitation abduction, adduction, internal, and rotation, right middle pelvis fracture (plate) and osteoarthritis sacroiliac joints/hip with limited extension, right middle pelvis fracture (plate) and osteoarthritis sacroiliac joints/hip with limitation motion, abduction, adduction, internal and rotation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085316
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 998 · Granted: 40% (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)
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