Hip decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and a left hip disability, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability.

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and therefore, no issues remain for appellate consideration.

The Board is remanding all issues for development due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including failure to obtain relevant service and VA treatment records.

The Board remands the claim for a left hip disability to provide the Veteran with a VA examination addressing the etiology of his condition.

The Board remands the claims for further development and to obtain additional evidence.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's left hip disability, as there was insufficient evidence in the previous examinations.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and an earlier effective date for a facial scar of the left eye, while denying or remanding claims for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disability, back disability, right shoulder disability, and right hip disability on a direct basis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and remanded two issues for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical spine, left hip, right shoulder, and left shoulder disabilities due to duty to assist errors.

The appeal for service connection for hearing loss, abdominal pain, and a left eye disorder was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement. The appeals for other conditions were denied based on lack of evidence linking them to service.

The Board dismissed all claims for service connection and increased ratings due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension due to herbicide exposure and denied service connection for diabetes mellitus. Rheumatoid arthritis, a left hip condition, tongue cancer, and neck cancer were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for right hip disability, left hip disability, and bilateral pes planus. The claims for an increased rating for PTSD, back disability, tension headaches, OSA, right shoulder disability, and onychomycosis with tinea pedis were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to address evidence of minimal degenerative changes in the right hip from April 2012 and ensure substantial compliance with prior remand instructions.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, and both lower extremity radiculopathies but denied an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for left hip disability, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection and increased rating claims, thus the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.

The appeal concerning service connection for a rib fracture was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a VA Form 10182 with the July 2022 rating decision appealed herein. The other claims were remanded for further development.