The Veteran's claims for service connection for various hip and ankle disabilities, as well as a gastrointestinal disability, were denied. The Board found that these conditions are not related to his active duty service or any service-connected condition.,The Veteran was unable to attend the required VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a direct relationship between the claimed disabilities and the Veteran's military service, including as secondary to a service-connected condition. The Board also found that there is no objective medical evidence of chronicity for any of these conditions within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability, Left Hip Disability, Right Ankle Disability, Left Ankle Disability, Gastrointestinal Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22045884
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, as well as denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's claims for other conditions are remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right hip disability, which may be related to service or secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus.
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