The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip and leg disabilities, as well as an initial rating beyond 10 percent from March 6, 1999 for lumbosacral strain and to an initial rating beyond 40 percent from June 2000 for lumbosacral strain. The veteran's service-connected low back disorder was rated at 10 percent prior to September 23, 2002.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current disability or a relationship between the claimed disabilities and service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip and leg disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0619581
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