The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity neuropathy and hip disorders are granted with a 20% rating, but no more. Service connection for left hip disorder and right hip disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support direct service connection for the hip disorders based on continuity of symptomatology or presumptive service connection due to lack of in-service diagnosis or chronicity.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity (RLE) neuropathy, sciatic nerve, Left lower extremity (LLE) neuropathy, sciatic nerve, Left hip disorder (arthritis), Right hip disorder (status/post hip replacement)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19196079
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