The Board has determined that the veteran's osteoarthritis of the right hip is service-connected, but her uterine fibrosis and arthritis in other joints are not.
The deciding factor: The VA orthopedic examination found mild degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) of the right hip during service, which developed into a reasonable probability that it began during service.
- Claimed conditions
- uterine fibrosis, osteoarthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0005743
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