Hip decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an insomnia disorder as secondary to PTSD and assigned a 50% rating for tension headaches effective March 18, 2019. Other claims were either dismissed or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including PTSD with a rating of 70%, and remanded others.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various conditions as they were duplicative of other appeals.

The Board denied service connection for right eye disability, right hip condition, and left hip condition as there was no evidence of a current disability. The claims for tuberculosis and neck disability were remanded for further examination.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed disabilities as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board remands the claims for further development consistent with the Court's November 2023 Memorandum Decision.

The Board denied service connection for left hip, right hip, left knee, and right knee disabilities as the Veteran does not have these conditions. The claim for a cervical spine disability was remanded.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to ratings in excess of 20 percent for a left hip disability based on limitation of flexion and adduction/abduction, as well as the issue of entitlement to a total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU), for further development.

The Board denied service connection for left hip, right hip, and umbilical hernia conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability or indication that the claimed conditions may be related to the Veteran's service.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for PTSD, left hip disability, and cervical strain.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for right knee, back, right hip, right elbow, and neck disabilities due to duty-to-assist errors and the need for new medical examinations and nexus opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for leg, right hip, left hip, and high blood pressure conditions to ensure proper development of evidence.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for a bilateral hip disability and a bilateral wrist disability.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability. The Board also denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a right shoulder strain but granted an effective date of April 1, 2021, for a 20 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The other issues of service connection for left hip, shoulder, knee, and low back disabilities are remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back condition, bilateral hip condition, and bilateral foot condition due to incomplete medical opinions that do not address secondary aggravation.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia and a compensable disability rating for hypertension, but remanded the claims for service connection for brain tumor (meningioma) and right hip condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as no VA examination was conducted despite evidence of an in-service incurrence.

The appeal regarding service connection for PTSD was dismissed, while the claims for a right shoulder disability and tinnitus were granted. Other claims for hearing loss, asthma, hip disability, COPD, eye disability, stomach disability, and left ankle disability were denied or remanded.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including a cervical spine disability, low back disability, and various limb and heart conditions, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions began during or were related to the veteran's service.