The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for knee, back, and sciatic disabilities as secondary to his leg length discrepancy or avascular necrosis of the hips. The decision found that there was no evidence of in-service injury related to these conditions and that the underlying hip disability did not cause or aggravate the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records were silent for any complaints, treatment, or diagnoses of knee, back, or sciatic conditions, and direct service connection is not warranted as there was no in-service injury related to these conditions. The underlying hip disability did not cause or aggravate the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- avascular necrosis, leg length discrepancy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22014800
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- Granted
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