The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hip osteoarthritis is not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability and was not incurred in or aggravated by service, directly or presumptively.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a direct relationship between the veteran's service-connected disabilities (right ankle, bilateral knee, and lumbar spine) and his current bilateral hip osteoarthritis. The VA examiner concluded that there was no cause and effect relationship between the veteran's service-connected conditions and his bilateral hip arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hip osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0726411
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