The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hip disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service and is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected knee disabilities. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for the veteran's bilateral hip disability.
The deciding factor: The negative evidence outweighs the positive, as there is no medical evidence showing an in-service injury related to the hips or any link between the current hip condition and service-connected knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0809556
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