The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hip and shoulder disorders, as well as his increased rating claims for right knee, left knee, and low back strain disabilities. The RO found that there was no evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a direct relationship between the claimed conditions and the veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disorder or any other condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Hip Disorder, Shoulder Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0527486
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