The Board found that the veteran's AVN of the hips resulted from his voluntary and willful drinking to excess during service, which is not considered a line of duty injury. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's AVN of the hips results from voluntary and willful alcohol consumption in service, which does not meet the criteria for service connection due to abuse of alcohol or drugs as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- AVN of the hips
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2008
- Citation
- 0833995
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