The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a hip disorder, including as secondary to a service-connected left knee disability due to lack of medical evidence linking the hip disorder to the service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing any relationship between the hip disorder and the service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0603061
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's claimed conditions to his active service, and denied all claims for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder, neck disorder, and hip disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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