The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right hip disorders, finding that there was no evidence to support a relationship between these conditions and his service-connected lumbar spine disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence did not support a nexus between the hip disorders and the service-connected lumbar spine disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip joint replacement, left hip avascular necrosis, right hip joint replacement, right hip avascular necrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19108162
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal of his disability rating decision, finding that the appeal was untimely filed and no good cause for extension was provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a retrospective medical opinion to determine the severity of the Veteran's right hip disorder without considering the ameliorative effects of medication, as per court holdings in Jones v. Shinseki and Ingram v. Collins.
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