The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip and knee conditions as secondary to his service-connected low back disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to service or aggravation by service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s claimed bilateral hip and knee disabilities were not caused or aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip condition, right hip condition, left knee condition, right knee condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19128213
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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