The Board found that the veteran's current bilateral hip disability did not begin in service and was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected low back disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board determined there was no evidence to corroborate a claimed episode of limping during service, and avascular necrosis could not have been caused by the veteran's service-connected low back disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- avascular necrosis of both hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0326130
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development and readjudication due to a need for clarification of the nature and etiology of the veteran's avascular necrosis of both hips.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's avascular necrosis of both hips did not begin during service or as a consequence of active service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
- Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for avascular necrosis of both hips. The veteran's current avascular necrosis is not likely related to his active service, including a fall during service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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