The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a hip disorder due to lack of medical evidence showing a current disability and no in-service injury.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence of a current hip disorder or an in-service injury that could be linked to the current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2003
- Citation
- 0306565
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