The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left hip condition, finding that his preexisting hip condition was not aggravated by service and thus could not be considered service-connected.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an increase in severity of the preexisting hip condition during service, and the current disability is found to be a natural progression rather than aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190858
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What this means for you
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