The Board has denied service connection for right hip, left hip, right foot, and left foot disabilities secondary to the Veteran's lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA physicians concluded that the Veteran’s hip and foot disabilities are not related to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disability, Left hip disability, Right foot disability, Left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21024301
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