Hip decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including back cancer - tumor, bladder cancer, Bowen's disease, also claimed as carcinoma and skin condition, gastroenteritis, broken spine disc, also claimed as back pain and thoracic fracture (claimed as low back disorder), high blood pressure, hyperthyroidism, also claimed as thyroid condition, left hip condition, osteopenia/osteoporosis, peptic ulcer, also claimed as stomach ulcers, right foot vascular disorder, and sinusitis for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral ankle disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities, to include as secondary to service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, for further development of the record.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for preexisting left and right foot disabilities, as well as bilateral hip disabilities, due to inadequate medical opinions that failed to consider lay evidence of record.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for limitation of the thigh due to left hip strain and denied a compensable disability rating for limitation of extension due to left hip strain. The claims for service connection for a right hip condition, PTSD, and hemorrhoids were remanded.

The appeal for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and service connection for metatarsalgia (foot pain) (Morton's disease) (plantar fasciitis (also claimed as foot problems) was dismissed. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left and right knee, hand, hip, and foot conditions, to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board denied a higher rating for tinnitus and remanded several other claims related to the veteran's disabilities, including those involving hearing loss, knee radiculopathy, and hip disability.

The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied or remanded claims for other disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a separate compensable rating for left hip strain with limited extension, a separate compensable rating for left hip strain with limited abduction/adduction, and service connection for a right hip disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral ankle and left hip disabilities as secondary to service-connected obstructive sleep apnea due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to an injury sustained during active duty.

The Board granted service connection for hepatitis B to include fatigue and nausea, while remanding the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a cervical spine disability, a bilateral ankle disability, a bilateral shoulder disability, and a right hip disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left shoulder, index finger, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, gout, and bilateral feet and toes, due to inadequate VA examination opinions.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal as the higher-level review (HLR) request received in July 2021 was timely.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip condition as there is no evidence showing the Veteran has a right hip condition that was incurred in or due to service, or caused by a service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and lumbosacral left lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied service connection for a left hip condition.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for a mental condition and denied service connection for bilateral foot, right ankle, left ankle, right shin, left shin, left hip, low back, and right shoulder conditions. The left shoulder condition was remanded.

The Veteran withdrew her service connection claims for a lumbar spine condition, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right hip condition. The Board remanded the issues related to the Veteran's left hip disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for multiple disabilities, including a left hip disability, right hip disability, low back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, neck disability, and left shoulder disability, to correct duty to assist errors.