Hip decisions — 2024

The Board has dismissed the service connection claim for a skin condition. The claims for lumbar spine, left knee, left hip, and right hip disabilities have been granted.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for various conditions and remanded them for further action.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issues of entitlement to service connection for left hip condition status post replacement and status post left ankle injury, resulting in their dismissal.

The Board is remanding all service connection claims due to inadequate examinations and opinions, including those for heart condition, hypertension, bilateral foot condition, ankle conditions, elbow conditions, hip conditions, knee conditions, wrist condition, shoulder conditions, and TDIU.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, and right hip disability are denied. The Board has remanded the claims for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), right knee disability, and an acquired psychiatric condition.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability is remanded. The Board has also remanded his claims for service connection for IBS and an acquired psychiatric condition.

The appeal for a disability rating more than 10 percent for left ankle strain has been dismissed. The appeals for service connection of right knee, left knee, lumbar spine, left hip, and bilateral foot disabilities have been remanded.

The claims for acne, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and ankle/knee disabilities are being remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The AOJ must provide an adequate explanation for separating the Veteran's acne and pseudofolliculitis barbae disabilities and obtain a new VA medical opinion on the etiology of his right hip, ankle, and knee disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for left hip disability and GERD due to errors in obtaining necessary medical opinions prior to the issuance of the October 2022 Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC). The claims are being returned to the AOJ for further development.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of an adequate nexus opinion regarding the Veteran's left hip condition. The claim will be returned for further evaluation.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's recurrent left wrist sprain residuals are service-connected. The remaining issues of service connection for various other disabilities have been remanded due to procedural errors.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for further development due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of the claimed conditions and therefore, service connection cannot be established for any of these conditions.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for left leg pain and right leg pain. The claims of service connection for a left hip condition, a right hip condition, and a left knee condition are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for left upper and lower extremity disabilities secondary to service-connected cervical and lumbar spine disabilities, respectively. Service connection for bilateral flatfeet and right and left hip disabilities is denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a skin condition other than tinea pedis, tinnitus, left groin strain, right hip condition, and right knee condition are all denied as there is no evidence of the claimed conditions during or after service.,Specifically, the Board found that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of these conditions. The claims for tinnitus, left groin strain, and right hip condition were remanded due to incomplete medical opinions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder, right hip, right knee, and left knee disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing an in-service injury or disease that caused these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for right and left hip disabilities based on limitation of extension and flexion, finding that his range of motion did not meet the criteria for a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Codes 5251 (extension) and 5252 (flexion).

The Veteran's service connection claims for a lumbar spine condition and a left hip condition have been dismissed due to the filing of a premature appeal after duty to assist errors were identified in an earlier decision.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims of service connection for lower back, right hip, and right knee conditions due to a pre-decisional error in obtaining sufficient medical opinions.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's skin condition, back condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, right shoulder condition, and right hip condition. The conditions are deemed to have begun during and continued since his active service.