The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection of a spine disability and bilateral hip disability, both secondary to his service-connected right knee replacement. The evidence did not support a finding that these disabilities were related to or aggravated by his service-connected right knee condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no direct link between the claimed disabilities and the service-connected right knee replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hip disability, Spine disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0413205
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What this means for you
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