The Board denied service connection for bilateral hip disability, back disability, and scars as secondary to knee or back surgery due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service. The claim for skin condition was remanded.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not support that the claimed disabilities were incurred in or aggravated by service, nor were they linked to any service-connected disability through a secondary theory of entitlement.

Claimed conditions

bilateral hip disability, back disability, scars as secondary to knee surgery, scars as secondary to back surgery, skin condition

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 19, 2025

Citation

A25100449

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