The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a left hip and leg disorder, heart disease (including CAD, CHF, and CABG residuals), and an increased rating for his lumbosacral strain with left sacroiliac strain. The appeals were based on direct service connection without any presumption or secondary aggravation.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of service connection for the claimed conditions due to lack of medical evidence linking them to military service, and the VA examinations found no current disability in the left hip and leg area related to his service-connected low back disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip and left leg disorder, arthritis of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0433845
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