The Board finds that the veteran's left and right hip disorders are likely due to his service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left thigh, while his low back disorder is not shown to be related to service or his service-connected condition. The claim for loss of teeth #18, 19, 30, and 31 is denied as these teeth were missing at entry into service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's hip disorders are found to be aggravated by his service-connected left thigh disorder, while the low back disorder is not shown to have been incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip degenerative joint disease, right hip degenerative joint disease, low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0620798
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