The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral hip disability and cervical spine degenerative disc disease (DDD) and degenerative joint disease (DJD) with foraminal encroachment, as there was no evidence of an etiological relationship between the claimed conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding for direct service connection due to lack of medical evidence linking the Veteran's current conditions to his in-service motorcycle accident or any other incident during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hip disability, Cervical spine degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease with foraminal encroachment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22001223
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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