The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for various shoulder, knee, and wrist disorders as secondary to his service-connected bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy. The Board found no in-service right hip injury or disease, and that the current right hip disorder is not related to active service. For the other conditions, the Board found insufficient evidence to support a finding of secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no in-service right hip injury or disease, and that any current right hip disorder is unrelated to active service. The Board also found that the Veteran's self-reported falls related to his service-connected bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy were inaccurate, and thus the secondary service connection claims for shoulder, knee, and wrist disorders could not be supported.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disorder (status-post replacement), Right shoulder disorder, Left shoulder disorder, Right knee disorder, Right wrist disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20044589
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