The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hip arthritis did not onset in service or within one year of his separation from service, and is not related to any service-connected condition. Therefore, service connection for this disability cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: The April 2017 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran’s current bilateral hip condition is more likely due to aging, weight bearing joints, and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), rather than being related to his service-connected lumbar spine condition or any other service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20023482
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for bilateral hip arthritis, acquired psychiatric disorder, right shoulder arthritis, and bilateral knee arthritis have been granted as they are found to be related to his active-duty service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has found that the Veteran experienced arthritis of the bilateral shoulders, hips, lumbar spine, and left knee since active duty service. Service connection is granted for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeals for timely filing of their requests to appeal various rating decisions, including those related to service connection and increased ratings for multiple conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip arthritis, a bilateral knee condition, bilateral foot peripheral neuropathy, and toe fungus due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities related to these conditions during or proximate to the pendency of the claim.
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