Hip decisions — 2026

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for SMC based on aid and attendance due to his service-connected knee and hip disabilities, finding that he requires regular aid and assistance from another person since January 25, 2022.

The Board has determined that the AOJ committed pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors by failing to ensure that pertinent VA opinions were adequate and by failing to afford the Veteran VA examinations. The claims for service connection are therefore remanded for further medical development.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities due to a lack of current disability, as determined by VA medical examinations and treatment records.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for bilateral hip disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered with an opinion regarding whether his right knee disability aggravated his left and/or right hip disabilities.

The Board has identified new and relevant evidence that would allow for a readjudication of the Veteran's service connection claim for a left hip disability. However, due to concerns about the adequacy of medical opinions provided, the case is being remanded for initial consideration by the AOJ on the merits.

The Veteran's left hip disability is granted as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability. However, the Veteran's low back disability does not meet the criteria for an initial rating higher than 20 percent.

The Board denied service connection for right knee, right hip, back, and bilateral neurologic disabilities of the lower extremities as they are not related to active service. The Veteran was granted a TDIU based on his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran was unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected right hip disability from February 1, 2016, to March 23, 2017. He also had additional service-connected disabilities independently ratable at more than 60 percent.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for lower back pain, left hip condition, and right hip condition as secondary to his service-connected right knee disability due to a lack of current diagnoses in the medical records.

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The Board has decided that the claims for service connection related to various conditions should be remanded due to a failure by the AOJ to provide proper notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing on a supplemental claim.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected. The remaining issues are remanded for further development and examination.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for bilateral hip conditions due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran's bilateral hip condition may be related or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee condition, and further examination is needed.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examination opinions and failure to obtain private treatment records. The Veteran's right hip, knee, shoulder disabilities are being reviewed again with new medical opinions.

The Board has denied service connection for left wrist, right wrist, left hip, and right hip disabilities as well as an acquired psychiatric disorder. The evidence does not support the presence of these conditions during or recent to the appeal period.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The claims are not granted as there is no current hearing loss disability for VA purposes.

The Board has found that the Veteran does not have a current disability for VA purposes related to bilateral hearing loss. The appeals for service connection for other conditions are remanded due to failure of the VA to provide the Veteran with VA examinations.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip disability, which required a total hip replacement, is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected bilateral knee and back disabilities.

The Board has denied service connection for cervical strain, rotator cuff tendinitis of the left and right shoulders, left hip condition (including a total hip replacement), right hip condition, patellofemoral pain syndrome with osteoarthritis of the left knee, patellofemoral pain syndrome of the right knee, left ankle condition, and right ankle condition. The Board found that these conditions are not related to service.,The Veteran's assertions regarding the onset of his disabilities were not supported by medical evidence or continuity of symptoms.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including residuals of a right forearm burn, left and right shin splints, chronic disability manifested by right toe numbness, back and right hip disabilities as well as left and right heel spurs. The most probative evidence shows that these conditions were not present during or due to her military service.