Hip decisions — 2024

Service connection is granted for tinnitus.,Service connection is denied for headache disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, right elbow disability, left elbow disability, right wrist disability, left wrist disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability. Service connection is also denied for bilateral foot disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hip disabilities and right ear hearing loss due to inadequate medical opinions in prior rating decisions. The cases are now pending for further review.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for depression and anxiety disorder, sciatica, left hip condition, and right hip condition due to incomplete records and insufficient evidence of record. The AOJ is instructed to attempt to obtain relevant service treatment records and VA examinations are required to determine the nature, extent, and etiology of these conditions.

The reduction of the Veteran's lumbar spine disability rating from 20 percent to 10 percent, effective December 15, 2021, was improper and restoration of the 20 percent rating is granted. The claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, IBS, and left hip disabilities are remanded.

The Veteran's service connection claims for various musculoskeletal disabilities are being remanded due to the need for further development and consideration.,Service connection is denied for right ear hearing loss, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left hip disability, and right hip disability.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's lumbar spine, right knee, left knee, right hip, and left hip conditions as secondary to his service-connected bilateral ankle strains. The decision is based on evidence in relative equipoise regarding whether these conditions are related to his service-connected ankle disabilities.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral hip disability, as secondary to right rectus femoris avulsion muscle injury and an increased rating for right rectus femoris avulsion muscle injury due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine, right hip, and left hip conditions. The appeal for an increased rating for the Veteran's service-connected left forearm scar is remanded. Service connection for stomach condition (to include acid reflux) is also remanded.

The Board denied service connection for left and right hip conditions, erectile dysfunction secondary to PTSD, and ratings for hearing loss, fractures of the little fingers, and knee conditions. The Veteran's complaints were not supported by medical evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for bladder cancer. The other issues are remanded due to the need for VA examinations and opinions regarding the etiology of the claimed conditions.

Your appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The claims for bilateral knee disability and left hip disability are not currently being considered.

The Veteran's claim for tinnitus was granted. The Board found that the Veteran had good cause to not timely file a notice of disagreement, and thus the claim remained pending as the time limit to submit a notice of disagreement was extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Service connection for tinnitus is granted based on continuity of symptomatology. For the right hip disability issue, the Board found that an adequate medical opinion is needed regarding whether it is at least as likely as not (likelihood is at least approximately balanced or nearly equal) that the Veteran's left knee disability is proximately due to, at least in part, by his service-connected disabilities, to include his service-connected right knee and right ankle disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left elbow condition, left hip condition, paralysis nerve condition, and left eye condition have been denied.,Entitlement to service connection for gastritis is dismissed.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been denied because new and relevant evidence was not submitted.

The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, and will need to consider the evidence again before making a decision on the merits.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current bilateral hearing loss disability for VA compensation purposes. The claims for low back, left and right hip, as well as left and right ankle disabilities are remanded due to insufficient medical nexus opinions regarding their relationship to service-connected conditions. The claim for right lower extremity nerve condition (claimed as pain, numbness, and tingling) is also remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia was granted in a previous rating decision. The claims for cardiovascular signs and symptoms, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), left hip disability, and right hip disability are all denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left hip disability as there is no current diagnosis and the evidence does not show any functional impairment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left hip disability, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability during or recent to the pendency of the appeal.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for a new medical opinion due to inadequate previous opinions.