The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for a right hip disorder and a right foot disorder other than pes planus and plantar fascia, finding that there was no evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the veteran did not have a leg length discrepancy pre-existing service, nor could his current right hip disorder be linked to service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disorder, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Hip (osteoarthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2003
- Citation
- 0330056
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What this means for you
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