The Board has determined that the veteran's disability of the hips is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected postoperative residuals of pes planus and hammertoes, and thus secondary service connection for a hip condition cannot be granted. The claim for secondary service connection for knees was denied due to lack of appeal following the denial in 1987.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the veteran's current disability of the hips is caused or aggravated by his service-connected postoperative residuals of pes planus and hammertoes, nor has there been a showing of new and material evidence to reopen the claim for secondary service connection for knees.
- Claimed conditions
- hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0218092
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