The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hip replacements, finding that his current disabilities were not caused or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided less than a 50% likelihood that the Veteran’s bilateral hip osteonecrosis and hip replacements were proximately due to or the result of his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip replacements, osteonecrosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19143237
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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