The Veteran's service-connected right hip abduction/adduction and flexion conditions are granted with initial evaluations of 20 percent for abduction and 10 percent for flexion, effective from January 2025.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated the severity of the Veteran's right hip disabilities, including daily pain, stiffness, weakness, sharp stabbing sensations due to bony impingement, advanced degenerative changes, and use of physical therapy, cane, walker, and recommendation of hip replacement surgery, impacting his ranges of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Abduction/Adduction, Right Hip Flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2026
- Citation
- A26021401
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation A26021401.
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hip flexion was granted a 10% rating prior to April 29, 2024 and a 20% rating from that date onward. The Veteran's left hip flexion was granted a 30% rating prior to September 12, 2022.
- Denied
The Veteran's right hip flexion is limited to 75 degrees, and left hip flexion is limited to 85 degrees. The Veteran does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating for either hip.,Prior to December 20, 2022, the Veteran's right hip abduction was limited to 10 degrees, which meets the criteria for a 20 percent rating. From that date forward, the Veteran's right hip rotation and adduction are not limited beyond what is required for a 20 percent rating.,The Veteran's left hip rotation is limited to toeing-out no more than 15 degrees, meeting the criteria for a 10 percent rating. The Veteran's left hip abduction is also limited to 15 degrees, which meets the criteria for a 10 percent rating.,Degenerative changes of both hips are manifest by painful motion limited to at worst 5 degrees of extension, meeting the criteria for a 10 percent rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain the Veteran's work history during the appeal period and consider his entitlement to Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected right hip strain disability was denied a higher initial rating from September 4, 2014.,The Veteran's service-connected right hip extension disability was denied a higher initial rating from February 19, 2019 to September 16, 2020 and from September 16, 2020.
Free starter guide for your own claim
Reading this because you were denied or under-rated? Get the plain-English next steps — your appeal options, the deadline that protects you, and how appeals like yours turn out. One email, no spam.
We will only use this to send the guide. No spam, unsubscribe any time. We never sell your information.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.