The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and a left hip/left knee/left leg condition, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claims. The Board also found that these conditions were not related to the veteran's active duty service or his service-connected postoperative residuals of a pilonidal cyst.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a nexus between the veteran's current back disability and service, nor was there any indication of a back injury in the service medical records. The left hip condition also lacked a clear link to service. The VA examiner found no relationship between the postoperative residuals of the pilonidal cyst and the veteran's low back or left hip conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, left hip/left knee/left leg condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0534522
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