The Board denied service connection for degenerative disease of the hips and back, finding that these conditions were not incurred or aggravated by active duty.
The deciding factor: Neither hip nor low back disability was present in service or manifested within one year of discharge, and there is no evidence linking current disabilities to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disease of the hips, Degenerative disease of the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0510474
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