The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a left hip replacement and for a total temporary disability rating based on convalescence following a left hip surgery. The evidence did not establish an in-service event, injury, or illness related to the current hip disability.
The deciding factor: There was no probative medical evidence linking the Veteran's current hip disability to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19163935
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of right and left hip replacements are at least as likely as not related to his active duty service, granting service connection for these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for kidney disease, but has remanded the issues of diabetes mellitus type II, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and residuals of a left hip replacement due to duty-related aggravation.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the residuals of a left hip replacement as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a left hip replacement are not service connected as they were not incurred or aggravated by active duty service, and there is no evidence linking them to any service-connected disability.
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