The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral hip condition, claimed as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound and sacroiliac strain, is not well-grounded. The evidence did not establish a link between any diagnosed degenerative arthritis of the hips and active service or to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There was no medical opinion establishing a nexus between any diagnosed degenerative arthritis of the hips and active service or to the service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0020649
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