The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of the left hip and deformity of the right acetabulum and femoral head, as well as his claim for degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left knee. The RO found no new and material evidence to reopen any of these claims.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no new and material evidence presented to support reopening the service connection claims for arthritis of the left hip, deformity of the right acetabulum and femoral head, or DJD of the left knee.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the left hip, Deformity of the right acetabulum and femoral head, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0400562
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