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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19108162
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for increased ratings of his right hip disability prior to the Board's decision.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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