The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a left hip disorder and increased ratings for his left knee and left ankle scars, finding no current evidence of these conditions or any relationship to service or service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a current diagnosis of left hip disability, and there is no clear evidence associating the veteran's reported symptoms with service or service-connected disabilities. The VA examinations did not find any current left hip disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Disorder, Internal Derangement of Left Knee (left knee disorder), Left Ankle Scar, Status Post-Operative Ganglionectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0030451
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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