The Board has determined that the veteran's left hip and thigh pathology is causally related to his service-connected left knee disability, granting his claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence showed a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected left knee disability and his current left hip and thigh pathology.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip, left thigh
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0014678
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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