The Veteran's claim to reopen service connection for residuals of a right hip injury (claimed as pulled pelvic joint) is granted. Service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted, but the preponderance of the evidence does not support a current diagnosis or functional limitation related to the claimed hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right hip injury, pelvic joint
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19127548
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a Travel Board hearing. The issues of service connection for residuals of right hip injury, left hip injury, and head injury are on appeal.
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