The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a pelvic injury, finding that there is no medical evidence to support the Veteran’s contention and noting that his in-service injury resolved itself with no residuals reported at discharge.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a relationship between the Veteran's current hip pain and his in-service motor vehicle accident.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic injury, Hip pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19110429
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Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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