The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a right hip disability due to new evidence received since the 1977 denial. However, the claim is denied as there is no evidence showing that the current right hip disability had its onset in service or was caused by any service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The VA physicians' opinions found no nexus between the Veteran's current right hip disability and his military service, including a lack of injury during service and no continuity of symptomatology post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19132802
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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