The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral knee and hip disorders as secondary to his service-connected low back strain. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were caused or aggravated by his service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence, including VA examinations and private treatment records, did not provide sufficient evidence to link the veteran's bilateral knee and hip disorders to his service-connected low back strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Disorder, Bilateral Hip Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2007
- Citation
- 0701624
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