The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left hip disability and for an effective date earlier than February 15, 2007, for the award of service connection for tinnitus. The Board found that the Veteran's left hip disability was not incurred in or aggravated by his periods of active duty, including his second period from December 1990 to May 1991, and did not manifest within one year following separation from those periods. The Board also found no evidence of aggravation during service. For tinnitus, the Board determined that the Veteran did not file a claim for service connection prior to February 15, 2007.
The deciding factor: The pre-existing left hip disability was not aggravated by his subsequent military duties and is unrelated to any period of active duty or National Guard service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0929958
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