The Board found that a right hip and leg disability was not incurred or aggravated in service and is not proximately due to or the result of the service-connected left hip disability status post total left hip replacement.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's STRs did not show any complaints, diagnoses, or treatment for a right hip/leg disability. The Board found that his current right hip and leg disability was not caused by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip and Leg Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1402645
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