The Board found that the Veteran's left hip disability was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability and denied the claim.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the left hip disability predated any right knee pathology, making it less likely than not caused or the result of the right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0930036
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for additional development, including obtaining a new VA examination to address the inadequacies of previous examinations and obtain any relevant private treatment records.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar and thoracic spine, osteoarthritis of the left hip, and osteoarthritis of the right hip have all been granted due to chronic disease presumptive service connection.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine with IVDS, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, and osteoarthritis of the left hip. The Veteran's disabilities are deemed to have started during his active duty.
- Granted
Service connection for cellulitis of the right hip is granted. Service connection for osteoarthritis of the right hip and left hip remains pending as it was remanded.
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