The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of left hip and left ankle disabilities, as well as his requests for increased ratings for right knee and low back disabilities. The Board found no competent evidence linking these conditions to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a nexus between the claimed disabilities and the service-connected right knee or low back disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Bursitis, Status Post Lateral Reconstruction of Left Ankle
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2007
- Citation
- 0702142
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected left hip bursitis with limitation of extension and flexion did not meet the criteria for a higher rating from August 11, 2023.
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