Hip decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for migraine headaches and an effective date of July 30, 2020, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with agoraphobia, TDIU, DEA benefits, and SMC. Other claims were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an eye condition and a left hip disability due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left hip condition, right hip condition, and tinnitus to correct an error by the AOJ in satisfying its duty to assist under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to June 7, 2019, from the earlier effective date of June 1, 2016, and denied an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD from June 6, 2014, to June 1, 2016.

The Board granted eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an April 2024 rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and entitlement to individual unemployability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding missing private medical records.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of bilateral knee and hip disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, while remanding the claims for skin cancer, hypertension, sleep apnea, and bilateral hip conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back condition and right hip condition, as there was no evidence of a causal relationship between his in-service injuries and current disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for right knee, left knee, right hip, and right shoulder disabilities, as well as PTSD. The claims for a left shoulder disability, left hip disability, left wrist disability, right wrist disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, headaches, facial scars from pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss were dismissed due to an improper concurrent election.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of cold weather injury, identified as disability of the left side of the neck, the left shoulder, and the left hip, to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for left foot pes planus and denied increased ratings for pseudofolliculitis barbae, hip disabilities, and other claimed conditions. Some claims were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for a VA hip examination to address the opinions from medical professionals and determine the relationship between the diagnosed left hip strain and active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral hip disability due to insufficient evidence of a current disability and no in-service incurrence or aggravation.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability and pseudofolliculitis barbae, but remanded the issues of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee strain and right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's neck, left knee, right knee, right hip, and left hip conditions as they are not etiologically related to her active military service.

The Board denied service connection for a right elbow disability and a left hip disability as there is no evidence of a current disability or symptoms related to these conditions during the pendency of the claim. The issue regarding a right shoulder disability was remanded due to an alleged duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for a left hip disability based on new and relevant evidence received after the July 2024 rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with major depression, pituitary microadenoma benign neoplasm with migraine headaches, and asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with assigned ratings of 70%, 50%, and 30% respectively. The claims for other conditions were remanded.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for PTSD and a right hip disability, but denied readjustment for the claim of service connection for a low back disability.