Hip decisions — 2025

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches and granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to a service-connected condition, while remanding claims for service connection for GERD, left hip disability, back disability, and left knee disability.

The appeal was dismissed as the proposed rating reductions for thoracolumbar spine strain and acne, and the initial ratings for bilateral hip disabilities were not properly appealed.

The Board granted service connection for a back condition, left foot pes planus, bilateral knee disability, and right hip disability based on the evidence supporting their occurrence during active duty.

The Board remands the claims for a right hip, right foot, and left foot disability to obtain additional medical opinions regarding secondary service connection.

The Board granted service connection for a disorder of the feet, claimed as status post bunionectomy and status post gallbladder removal. The claims for tinnitus, PTSD, and other back, bladder, GERD, hysterectomy, neck, shoulder, hip, knee, and plantar fasciitis disabilities were denied or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability, finding the evidence nearly equal. The claims for respiratory and hip disabilities were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability and left hip disability, finding that the Veteran's bilateral hip pain is not due to or aggravated by her service-connected cervical spine IVDS. The claims for service connection for a right lower extremity neurological disorder, to include RLS, and a left lower extremity neurological disorder, to include RLS, were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right hip disabilities, as a new examination is needed to address the Veteran's contentions that these conditions are secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hip conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining adequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and tinnitus, while denying service connection for various other conditions including acne, right wrist disability, back disability, neck disability, left hand disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, migraines headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, sleep apnea, and hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding treatment records and adequate VA medical opinions.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board dismissed the case.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability and a right hip disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for left elbow, right hip, right ankle, and right knee disabilities as the weight of evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran had current chronic diagnoses or functional limitations during the appeal period.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including right and left hip, right and left knee, left shoulder, callus of the left big toe, and pharyngitis, as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as they are not related to active service.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip condition and an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the evidence not supporting a current disability or in-service incurrence.

The Board denied service connection for right wrist, left wrist, right hip, left hip, and right ankle disabilities but granted service connection for right knee and left knee patellar instability. The claims for a right shoulder, right elbow, and left elbow disability were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of onset during or within one year after service and no medical nexus between in-service noise exposure and the current condition.

The Board granted an effective date of January 12, 2022, for the award of service connection for sinusitis and irritable bowel syndrome but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss from February 17, 2022.