The Board has granted service connection for a disorder manifested by left hip pain, finding that the condition is related to service and not due to any other factor.
The deciding factor: Service records show treatment for left greater trochanteric bursitis in service. The examiner found no evidence of current left hip pathology unrelated to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip pain, left greater trochanteric bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0334695
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What this means for you
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