The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hip disorder is not related to his service-connected right shoulder injury and therefore denied both issues on appeal.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current left hip disorder and his service-connected right shoulder injury, as well as no continuity of symptoms post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the right glenohumeral joint, left hip degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2018
- Citation
- 1800933
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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