The Board has determined that the veteran's arthritis of the right hip, bilateral leg disorders, and arthritis of the lumbar spine were not incurred or aggravated by active service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing any in-service injury or disease leading to the current disabilities, and the veteran's assertions regarding training during reserve duty are insufficient to establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right hip, bilateral leg disorders, arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0638984
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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