The Board denied service connection for the residuals of a pelvic injury as there is no evidence that the current hip pain is related to the in-service pelvic injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's hip pain is more likely due to his back radiculopathy and not related to his resolved in-service pelvic injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic injury, Hip pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21022872
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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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