Hip decisions — 2020

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a failure to ensure that VA's duty to assist was satisfied. Specifically, the Veteran’s in-service injuries resulting from a motorcycle accident on August 11, 1990 are at issue and medical evidence of treatment immediately after the accident is relevant.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to outstanding private and VA treatment records, incomplete employment information, and the need for examinations regarding his service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities and upper extremity neuropathies.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for her right hip and buttock strain, service connection for her neck disability, service connection for her left hip disability, and service connection for her short leg due to insufficient evidence or need for further examination.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for right hip and right knee disabilities due to their withdrawal. The claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and bipolar disorder, is remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims of service connection for back and left hip disabilities, which are currently secondary to his service-connected left ankle instability. The case is being remanded for further examination and review.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities caused or aggravated his right hip and lower back conditions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, bilateral leg disability, and bilateral hip disability. The Board found that there is no evidence of a chronic disability during service or within one year after service, and that any current disabilities are not related to service.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of right ankle, lower back, right hip, right knee, and left ankle conditions due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's right hip condition is related to service or his service-connected right foot condition.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities of the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, and knees, finding that there was no evidence showing a direct relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or by reason of being housebound due to his service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not show that he required A&A or was permanently confined to his home.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for coronary artery disease and PTSD, as well as service connection for bilateral pes planus, were dismissed. The Board also remanded several other issues including hearing loss, sleep disorder, head condition, right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, chronic low back condition, right hip condition, left hip condition, right knee condition, and left knee condition.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection have been withdrawn. The Board has also remanded several issues, including those related to traumatic brain injury, urinary incontinence, and right hip disability.,Issues such as service connection for TBI, urinary incontinence, and right hip disability are now pending before the Board.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left ankle, left knee, left hip, and right hip disabilities due to inadequate examination in September 2019.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection, but his right hip disability is denied as not related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip disability, including arthritis and arthroplasty. The issue of entitlement to a TDIU on an extraschedular basis is remanded.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hip disability is at least as likely as not related to a line of duty injury incurred during INACDUTRA service in March 2006, and thus grants her claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine and bilateral hip conditions are not related to his active service.,The Board also found that there is insufficient evidence linking any acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depressive disorder, to the Veteran's active service.

The Veteran's right ankle osteoarthritis is granted service connection. The issues regarding her left hip and left knee conditions are remanded for further evaluation.