The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of a bilateral hip disorder or pes planus, and thus service connection for these conditions cannot be established.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence to support the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip disorder and pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hip Disorder, Pes Planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0333671
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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