The Board denied service connection for right and left hip disabilities, finding that the Veteran's current hip conditions did not have their onset in service or were caused by his service-connected bilateral knee disability. The TDIU claim was granted due to multiple service-connected disabilities preventing the Veteran from securing or maintaining employment.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no direct evidence linking the hip disabilities to service and concluded that the current hip conditions are not related to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip trochanteric pain syndrome, Left hip strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20066786
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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