The Board finds that the veteran's degenerative arthritis of the hips was aggravated by his active duty for training, and grants service connection for this condition. However, the labral tears in the hips are not shown to have been due to injury or disease incurred during service.
The deciding factor: The examiner stated that it was as likely as not that the degenerative arthritis of the hips was aggravated by running and physical training required as a member of the National Guard.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the hips, labral tears of the hips
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0533536
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What this means for you
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