The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip condition, finding no current diagnosis and insufficient evidence linking it to military service.,The Board also remanded the issues of left knee and lower back conditions secondary to service-connected right knee degenerative arthritis status post total knee arthroplasty.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not show a current right hip condition linked to military service, nor was there sufficient evidence linking it to a service-connected disability.,For the left and lower back conditions, the Board found insufficient evidence to establish that they were proximately due or aggravated by the service-connected right knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Condition, Left Knee Condition, Lower Back Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20006613
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