The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right hip, left hip, and lumbar spine disabilities as secondary to his service-connected left femur disability. The diagnoses of these conditions were not made during or within one year after service, and there is no evidence linking them to service or the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's lumbar spine and bilateral hip disabilities were unrelated to his service-connected left femur disability due to a lack of medical evidence showing a nexus between these conditions and the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip osteoarthritis, left hip osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0624116
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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