Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, diagnosed as right hip avascular necrosis and right hip replacement, and a right hip scar, status post right hip replacement, as secondary to the service-connected right hip replacement.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record supports that the Veteran's right hip disability is due to environmental toxin exposure during his Persian Gulf War service, and the right hip scar is proximately due to the now service-connected right hip replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip avascular necrosis, right hip replacement, right hip scar, status post right hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088718
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