The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip degenerative arthritis and right ankle degenerative arthritis, finding that there is no evidence of in-service injury or aggravation by a pre-existing condition. The Board also found no continuity of symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: There was no documented in-service injury or aggravation of a pre-existing condition leading to the current hip and ankle conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip degenerative arthritis, right ankle degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21007220
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- Remanded (sent back)
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