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Carlo Beenakker
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Mathematica evaluates this as $$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{\binom{2n+1}{n+1}}{2^{2n+1}\,(n+x+1)}=\frac{\sqrt{\pi }\, \Gamma (x)}{\Gamma \left(x+\frac{1}{2}\right)}-\frac{1}{x},$$ which is another way to write the answer in the OP.

Carlo Beenakker
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