The Veteran's claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the low back was denied as there is no evidence showing it was incurred during or aggravated by his active duty service.,The Veteran's claim to reopen his claim of service connection for osteoarthritis of both hips, status post total arthroplasty in the right hip, was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: Service connection cannot be established as there is no medical evidence showing that the Veteran's current low back disability was incurred during or aggravated by his active duty service.,The submitted evidence does not provide a relationship between the Veteran's current hip disabilities and his active duty service, nor has it shown that they are related to any other service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the low back, Arthritis of the left and right hips (status post total arthroplasty in the right hip)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1101403
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