The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right hip disorder, including degenerative arthritis and old Legg-Perthes disease due to lack of new and material evidence. The appeal is denied.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disorder, Degenerative Arthritis, Old Legg-Perthes Disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0121169
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What this means for you
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