The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip disabilities, right and left foot disabilities, and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities as secondary to his service-connected knee strains. The Veteran's current hip and foot conditions are not considered service connected.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence or opinion linking the Veteran's current hip and foot conditions to his service-connected knee strains.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine, Right hip disability as due to right knee strain, Left hip disability as due to left knee strain, Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, Right foot disability, Left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2018
- Citation
- 1819899
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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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