The Veteran does not have a chronic left hip disability that is attributable to active service or was caused or made worse by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the left hip condition less likely than not caused or aggravated by the service-connected right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1441053
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal for various rating and service connection claims related to knee, hip, leg, and lumbar spine disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's chronic left hip disability, including the need for a hip replacement, is found to be at least as likely as not related to service. The Board granted service connection based on direct evidence of an in-service injury.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, fibromyalgia, chronic back disability, and OSA, were denied. The effective dates for the grants of service connection for these conditions remain pending.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development and medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left hip disability.
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