The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a currently diagnosed right hip injury and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: No current right hip disability was diagnosed, and the VA examination report indicated no specific hip pathology related to the appellant's symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip injury, Low back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0625292
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for ischemic heart disease and hearing loss were denied, while the claim for residuals of a right hip injury was remanded. The PTSD with major depressive disorder claim was also remanded.
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