Hip decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for acid reflux, back pain, bilateral flat feet, left bunion, right bunion and right toe pain, 'black out frequency', right hip pain, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and PTSD as there was no evidence of a current disability or sufficient evidence to support the claim.

The Board remands the claims for initial compensable disability ratings for right and left hip and thigh disabilities due to inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including left wrist, lumbar spine, right hip, right leg, left leg, bilateral foot, and onychomycosis of the right foot.

The Board denied service connection for multiple foot, hip, knee, and ankle disabilities but granted service connection for tinnitus as secondary to a service-connected left ear hearing loss.

The appeal regarding the issues of entitlement to an increased rating for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to concurrent election.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities and a TDIU due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, left and right hip disabilities (post-traumatic arthritis), erectile dysfunction, and SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ with an effective date of September 28, 2012. Other claims were denied.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD and depressive disorder with insomnia from December 29, 2020, but denied increased ratings for the veteran's other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including lumbar spine, right hip, left hip, right knee, left knee, right ankle, and left ankle disabilities, to obtain additional medical opinions regarding their relationship to the Veteran's service-connected flat foot with plantar fasciitis and bilateral bone spur.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee condition but denied it for her left hip condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with bruxism, as well as remanded claims for service connection and increased rating.

The Board granted increased ratings for sinusitis, left knee condition, right knee condition, back condition, and right hip condition, effective from August 15, 2023.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection and increased rating claims, resulting in their dismissal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right hip disabilities to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion addressing the Veteran's duties as a pilot.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a left hip disability, finding that it was not proximately caused by VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA medical personnel.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a bilateral hip disability to schedule an examination as the AOJ did not provide the Veteran with one.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability and left knee patellar instability and patellofemoral pain syndrome with degenerative arthritis and osteophytes, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for a left hip disability and a left hip scar, but denied an increased rating for a left hip scar.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, hypertension, GERD, cervical strain, and left hip condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder, insomnia disorder, panic disorder, lumbosacral spine degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease and intervertebral disc syndrome.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for a right hip disability, to include as secondary to a service-connected right knee disability, and denied an effective date prior to June 8, 2022, for the award of service connection for spinal stenosis, right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, and left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy.