The Veteran's claim for service connection for RSD, right lower extremity and right pelvic deficiency is denied. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a current diagnosis of RSD in the right lower extremity or a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected low back strain and his right hip arthritis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a current diagnosis of RSD in the right lower extremity, nor is there sufficient evidence to establish a link between the Veteran's service-connected low back strain and his right hip arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), right pelvic deficiency, osteoarthritis in the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18134640
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