The Board denied service connection for bilateral hip arthritis and granted a 10 percent rating for residuals of cold injury to the right hand.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence indicates that the veteran's bilateral hip condition is not attributable to his military service, including any trauma from kickboxing. However, he has arthralgia, numbness, and cold sensitivity in his right hand as residuals of a cold injury.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis in the hips, residuals of cold injury to the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0907041
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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