The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for left hip degenerative joint disease and left lower extremity disability, but denied them on the merits as new and material evidence was not provided to establish a direct link between these conditions and service.
The deciding factor: New evidence did not provide sufficient information to substantiate the Veteran's claim of service connection for his current left hip and left leg disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip degenerative joint disease, left lower extremity disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2014
- Citation
- 1448564
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- Denied
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