The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a right hip disability and secondary service connection for left knee disability due to new evidence received since previous decisions. The Veteran's hearing testimony suggests aggravation of his hip condition while in military service.
The deciding factor: Veteran's hearing testimony indicates that his current hip conditions were aggravated by service, necessitating remand for further adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- deformity of right hip, arthritis of knees
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194519
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