The Board found that the veteran's chronic left hip disability had not permanently worsened during ACDUTRA, and denied service connection for residuals of a left hip injury, to include post-traumatic arthritis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the fall during ACDUTRA acutely exacerbated the appellant's hip condition but did not aggravate (permanently increase or worsen in severity) the left hip condition. The medical board found that the arthritic changes in the left hip had preceded service and were not aggravated therein.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left hip injury, to include post-traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0900277
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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