The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right hip disability, finding that there is no current diagnosis of trochanteric bursitis and concluding that the Veteran does not have a present disability of the right hip.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of trochanteric bursitis and the medical imaging conducted prior to and after the diagnosis were normal, with no signs of arthritis. The Veteran's subjective symptoms of right hip pain were inconsistent with the objective medical imaging.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip bursitis, Right hip sciatica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2020
- Citation
- 20010847
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