The Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip and low back disabilities have been denied as there is no evidence of a chronic disability at any time pertinent to the appeal.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the presence of chronic left hip or low back pathology, with normal x-rays and clinical findings indicating only arthralgia without underlying conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Arthralgia, Low Back Arthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1421890
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