The Board denied service connection for a hip condition and bilateral knee disability, finding that the evidence did not support a relationship between these conditions and service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's current hip and knee disabilities were less likely than not incurred in or caused by an in-service event, given the lack of any contemporaneous record of complaints in service and the long period between the claimed incident and first reported symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Hip condition, Bilateral knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20038897
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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).
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