The Board finds that the veteran's current right hip disorder is a necessary consequence of the November 1992 surgery at a VA medical facility, and thus does not meet the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
The deciding factor: The examiner determined that the veteran's right pelvis pain was a necessary consequence of the bone harvesting for grafting performed during his cervical fusion in November 1992, and thus concluded that he did not meet the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0206283
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