The Board finds that the Veteran's bilateral hip disabilities are not related to his service, and thus denies the claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that there is no evidence of a chronic hip disability during service and the Veteran did not mention any in-service bilateral hip injury. The current bilateral hip DJD is more likely due to post-service motor vehicle accident.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip DJD, right hip DJD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2015
- Citation
- 1500335
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What this means for you
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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).
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