The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and a right hip disorder, finding that there is no new and material evidence to reopen these claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the veteran does not provide a link between his current lumbar spine or right hip disorders and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder with degenerative disc disease, right hip disorder with trochanter bursitis and osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2005
- Citation
- 0520290
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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