The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed hip disabilities are not related to his service-connected thigh disability and have denied both claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence linking the current degenerative joint disease of the hips to the veteran's service-connected gunshot wounds to the thighs, and concluded that the hip disability is less likely than not caused by or the result of his active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right hip disorder, chronic left hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0631223
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What this means for you
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