The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a left knee injury and bilateral hip disability.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, as it fails to show a link between the in-service knee sprain and current knee disability or establish that the bilateral hip disability was incurred or aggravated in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left knee injury, bilateral hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1002609
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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