The Board found that the veteran's left hip disability, including arthritis and osteochondroma adjacent to his acetabulum, was not incurred in service. However, it granted service connection for these conditions on a direct basis as there is no evidence of injury or disease during service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a left hip disability or injury during service, but the current disabilities were found to be directly related to service based on the veteran's reported in-service helicopter crash and subsequent medical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip disability (arthritis), osteochondroma (extostosis) adjacent to acetabulum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0712463
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