The Board denied service connection for a right hip disorder as there was no evidence of degenerative arthritis in the right hip during service or within one year after service, and no competent evidence suggesting the Veteran's current degenerative arthritis of the right hip developed secondary to his service-connected left hip strain.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of degenerative arthritis in the right hip during service or within one year after service, nor any competent evidence linking the Veteran's current condition to his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0907655
What this means for you
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