The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hip disability is not related to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a link between the veteran's current hip disability and his military service or service-connected knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral degenerative joint disease of the hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0805571
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral degenerative joint disease of the hips, but dismissed the claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a remand issue.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral degenerative joint disease of the knees, hips, and lumbosacral spine as secondary to his service-connected painful heels with degenerative changes.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral degenerative joint disease of the hips as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral painful heels with degenerative changes, as well as his claims for increased evaluations for left and right painful heels. The case is also remanded to obtain a discharge physical from the U.S. Army and Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC) or National Archives Records Administration (NARA).
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