The Veteran's claims for service connection for various hip conditions were denied, and the effective date was not earlier than December 31, 2024.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit a timely notice of disagreement or new and material evidence within one year of the final denial decisions, making the original decisions final. The claims were reopened based on new evidence submitted in January 2025, but no earlier effective date was granted as there is no legal basis to do so.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip degenerative arthritis with bursitis, limitation of flexion, left hip degenerative arthritis with bursitis, limitation of rotation, right hip degenerative arthritis, limitation of extension, right hip degenerative arthritis, limitation of rotation, left hip degenerative arthritis with bursitis, limitation of extension, right hip degenerative arthritis, painful motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2026
- Citation
- A26025755
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and service connection, as well as an initial compensable rating.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an earlier effective date for a disability rating of 40 percent for bowel obstruction s/p resections with malabsorption syndrome from short gut prior to June 3, 2022. The claims for earlier effective dates for the evaluations of lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date prior to October 20, 2009, for the award of service connection for various degenerative arthritis conditions and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
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