The Board found no evidence of current hip arthritis and concluded that the veteran's claimed bilateral hip arthritis is not related to his service-connected knee disabilities. As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing current hip arthritis or any relationship between the claimed disability and the service-connected knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip arthritis, Left hip arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0123964
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to procedural issues and the need for additional medical examinations. The claims will be reconsidered on their merits.
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