The Board denied service connection for bilateral hip disability, concluding that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a hip disability and there is no evidence of a chronic hip condition during his appeal period.,The Board also denied service connection for back disability, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are more likely related to his service-connected knee and foot disabilities rather than direct service incurrence.
The deciding factor: There was no objective evidence of a current bilateral hip disability or chronic hip condition during the appeal period. The VA examiner found no clinical basis for diagnosing a hip disability.,The Veteran's back symptoms were not shown to be directly related to his military service, and the Board considered alternative theories such as secondary service connection due to his service-connected knee and foot disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hip Disability","diagnosis":null,"type":"unknown"}, {"condition_name":"Back Disability","diagnosis":"Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130033
What this means for you
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