The Veteran's claim for reopening the post-polio syndrome (previously characterized as poliomyelitis) was reopened due to new evidence being submitted. However, his claims for bilateral knee and hip disabilities were denied as they are not related to service or a service-connected disability.,Bilateral knee and hip disabilities have not been shown by competent clinical or lay evidence to be causally related to the Veteran's active service, nor causally related to, or aggravated by, a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for post-polio syndrome and thus does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim. The bilateral knee and hip disabilities have not been shown by competent clinical or lay evidence to be causally related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- post-polio syndrome, bilateral knee disability, bilateral hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2011
- Citation
- 1126938
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