The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right wrist disorder and a bilateral hip disorder, both secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The claim for an increased evaluation of residuals of a fracture of the left fifth metatarsal was also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for the right wrist disorder or bilateral hip disorder, both secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The Board found that there was no causal relationship between these conditions and his service-connected back and knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist disorder, bilateral hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0303974
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What this means for you
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