The Veteran's right hip arthritis was not incurred in service and cannot be presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board denied the claim for direct service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the current right hip arthritis to service, including a 1969 incident where the Veteran fell on his right side while stationed in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19133339
What this means for you
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