The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of both hips, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen his previous denial in 1996. The Board also determined that a current hip disorder was not incurred during honorable active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical records did not show any complaints or treatment related to the hip condition during the veteran's period of honorable service, and no competent evidence linked the current hip disorder to his honorable service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of both hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0819218
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