The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and secondary service connection for his back disorder and right hip replacement, as well as his attempt to reopen a claim of service connection for sinusitis. Further development is needed to obtain VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: VA treatment records are necessary to determine the current severity of the veteran's left knee disability and any relationship between his service-connected conditions and his claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Back Disorder, Right Hip Replacement
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0416168
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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