Hip decisions — 2022

The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and a bilateral hip disability, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to her active duty service.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for left knee disability and bilateral hip disability, both to include as secondary to right knee disability. The VA examinations provided opinions that these disabilities were not caused or aggravated by the Veteran's now service-connected right knee disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and medical opinions regarding his disabilities. The issues of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for unspecified depressive disorder with secondary other substance abuse disorder, service connection for a lumbar spine disability, bilateral wrist disability, bilateral hand disability, bilateral hip disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral ankle disability, and diabetes mellitus, type II are all remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected left knee disability is rated at 20 percent, and no higher, for the entire rating period. The other disabilities are either denied or granted with specific ratings.

The Veteran's sleep apnea, headaches, bilateral hip disability, and right knee disability are all found to be related to his service-connected disabilities.,Service connection is granted for the Veteran's bilateral hip and right knee disabilities as they are considered direct service connections.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection have been withdrawn and dismissed. The Board has also remanded several claims due to the need for additional evidence.

The Veteran's right knee disability is rated at 10 percent since May 25, 2017. The evidence does not support a higher rating as the flexion and extension of her knee do not meet criteria for a higher rating.,For the right hip disabilities, the Veteran has been granted compensable ratings for limitation of abduction (10%) from May 25, 2017, and limitation of extension (10%) since July 16, 2021. The flexion issue remains noncompensable.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip, right knee, and left knee disabilities due to incomplete examination reports and lack of consideration of all relevant evidence. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of left knee, right knee, and right hip conditions due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various disabilities due to outstanding records and the need for VA examinations. The Veteran's appeal is now pending again.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for entitlement to service connection for a right hip and back disabilities due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives. The case is now returned to the RO for further action.

Your appeal for service connection on multiple conditions has been dismissed due to the appellant's death. The Board does not have jurisdiction to proceed with these claims.

The appeal for service connection of a left great toe disability has been dismissed. The appeals for the remaining conditions are being remanded.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss disability has been denied. Service connection for a right hand disability, back disability (spondylolisthesis), depression, right hip disability, and neck disability have all been remanded due to incomplete or conflicting medical opinions.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip, right hip, and right knee disabilities due to inadequate VA medical opinions. Additional evidence was also added to the record.

The Board has granted service connection for a left hip disability. However, the lumbar spine disability is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding its relationship to the service-connected left hip disability.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection of various disabilities have been dismissed due to his death.

The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions are granted, including sleep apnea, heart disorder, hypertension, left hip disability, low back disability, and tinnitus. The Board finds the evidence in relative equipoise regarding these claims.,However, several new issues of entitlement to service connection have been identified, such as chest pain, dyspnea, right foot stress fracture, right hip disability, osteoporosis, right shoulder disability, tremors, asthma, blepharitis, lipoma of the chest, and kidney stones. These claims are currently pending for further review.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for low back condition, right hip condition, and left hip condition due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection.

The Board has denied service connection for cervical spine, left hip, right hip, right foot, and left foot disabilities. Service connection was granted for sleep apnea.