The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's bilateral elbow and hip disabilities, finding that they were not incurred in or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show the presence of these disabilities either in service or within one year after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral elbow, hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0931507
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