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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0123964
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, right hip arthritis, left hip arthritis, and left elbow arthritis as no new and relevant evidence was submitted between the April 2020 rating decision and the April 2021 rating decision.
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