The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hip disability as there was no evidence of a present disability in the hips.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any current disability in the veteran's bilateral hips, and thus service connection could not be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hip Pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0811832
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for Peripheral Vascular Disease and Bilateral Hip Pain or any other non-service-connected bilateral lower extremity disability, to include as secondary to service-connected bilateral metatarsalgia with pes planus and/or service-connected bilateral knee osteoarthritis due to incomplete medical opinions and procedural issues.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is service-connected. The Veteran's bilateral hip pain was not found to be directly related to his service or any service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hip pain and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine are at least as likely as not related to his military service, granting service connection for these conditions.
- Granted
The veteran's claims for service connection were granted, with a 20 percent rating assigned for left shoulder pain and crepitation due to undiagnosed illness effective March 13, 2006. The other issues remain in controversy.
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