The Board denied service connection for arthralgia of the hips, finding no current disability and no evidence linking any hip pain to service.
The deciding factor: There is no currently diagnosed hip disability; current complaints of pain are a manifestation of the service-connected low back disability with radiculopathy, a known clinical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- arthralgia of the hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0909124
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Decisions by this judge: 325 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including arthritis of the neck, sciatic nerve pain, muscle atrophy of the left arm, and arthralgia of the hips, were not incurred or aggravated by active duty. The criteria for service connection have not been met.
- Granted
The Board granted the veteran's service connection for residuals of frostbite of the left and right hand, as well as residuals of frostbite of the left and right foot. The effective date is August 27, 1999.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for arthralgia of the hips as secondary to a service-connected back disorder, and also denied an increased rating for the back condition.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's arthralgia of the knees and hips is related to his service, specifically repetitive trauma associated with routine duties in the military. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.
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