The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen her service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right hip as there was no new and material evidence presented.
The deciding factor: The newly received evidence did not establish a link between the current degenerative arthritis of the right hip and an incident in service, thus failing to be material.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0113164
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