Hip decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for his knee, hip, and ankle disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions in prior examinations. The VA is instructed to obtain additional medical opinions that reconcile with a June 2018 private opinion letter.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional left hip and left leg disabilities was denied because the evidence did not show that VA carelessness, negligence, or error caused his disability.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's left hip disability is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disability and denied service connection for left hip and right hip disabilities.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and remanded several issues of service connection due to his active military service. The issues of service connection for OSA, bilateral knee conditions, headaches, right-hand condition, left-hand condition, and left hip condition are now pending.

The Board denied service connection for right and left hip disabilities, finding that the current hip conditions are not related to active duty service or secondary to a service-connected condition.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on six different conditions have been dismissed as he has withdrawn his appeal.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for low back, right hip, and left hip disabilities due to insufficient medical opinions and incomplete development of records.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating for his left shoulder disability, bilateral tinea pedis, or lumbar spine disability prior to March 03, 2017. Service connection was granted for right hip disorder, left hip disorder, and headache disorder as secondary to other service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral hip disability, claimed as secondary to his service-connected low back disability, is being remanded due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding whether the hip disability is proximately due or aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a right hip disability as secondary to his service-connected right tibial stress fracture is being remanded due to the addition of new evidence not yet reviewed by the RO.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's hip, elbow, hand, and ankle disabilities. The claims are being remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee, hip, and shoulder disabilities due to an inadequate VA medical opinion in the March 2023 decision. The Veteran contends that his current musculoskeletal disabilities are related to combat injuries during service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various musculoskeletal and sleep disorders, finding no current disability diagnoses in the record.

The Veteran's low back disability is granted as service connected. The issues of entitlement to service connection for neck, bilateral hip, left knee, right knee, bilateral ankle, bilateral feet and toes, bilateral shoulder, bilateral wrist, and left hand pointer finger disabilities are remanded.

The Board has denied service connection for neck, back, bilateral hip, bilateral knee, and bilateral ankle disabilities due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board has remanded the remaining issues on appeal due to procedural errors in recognizing the Veteran's VA Forms 10182 and placing his appeal on the AMA Hearing Docket. The Veteran's appeal is now under the legacy system, and he must file a timely VA Form 9 or VA 10182 to continue his appeal.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a back disability and right hip disability due to inadequate opinions from previous examiners. The new examination is required to provide informed decisions on these claims.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various joint disabilities due to a new theory of entitlement raised by his representative, focusing on whether these conditions are related to his military duties as a heavy equipment operator.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various knee, ankle, and hip conditions are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.