The Veteran does not currently suffer from a left hip disability (also claimed as left leg injury, bruise, and numbness) or any disease related to asbestos exposure. The Board finds that the evidence does not support service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of the claimed conditions at this time, and the Veteran's statements are not competent evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip injury, left leg injury, bruise, numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0925655
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