Hip decisions — 2026

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left hip disability was granted with an effective date of November 8, 2013. The rating decision also granted evaluations for the Veteran's bilateral elbow disabilities and left shoulder arthroscopic scars. The case is now closed as the issue of entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) has been rendered moot due to a combined 100% schedular evaluation.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for erectile dysfunction, ankle, elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, wrist, and back disabilities due to incomplete VA opinions. The Veteran is requested to undergo further examination to determine if these conditions are related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for right and left knee disabilities, as well as secondary right and left hip disabilities and a lumbar spine disability. The cervical spine condition claim was denied.,Service connection is also granted for bilateral hearing loss due to in-service hazardous noise exposure.

The Board has denied service connection for left hip, low back, and bilateral knee disabilities. The Veteran's claim of service connection for left eye blindness is being remanded.,Service connection was not granted as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board has granted service connection for left and right knee, left and right hip, and back conditions based on continuity of symptomatology since service.

The Board has determined that the July 2025 decision denying service connection for various conditions, including anxiety and PTSD, hypertension, sleep apnea, right hip condition, low back disability, and bilateral ankle disability is vacated. The issues of service connection are being remanded due to failure to consider secondary theories and adjudicate an effective date prior to November 14, 2022 for the assignment of a 10 percent disability rating for left hip flexion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including sinusitis, back disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, and right wrist disability are remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Board requires VA examinations to address the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased ratings on all issues related to his ankle, knee, hip, shoulder conditions due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal prior to a decision.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for thoracolumbar spine disability and left hip disability due to inadequate medical opinions in the original decision. The claims will be reconsidered with new medical opinions.

The Board has granted service connection for left hip, lumbar spine, right hand, and right shoulder disabilities. The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to service.,Service connection was established based on the Veteran's reports of symptoms during service and continuity of symptomatology since then.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and a left hip condition, finding that the conditions are related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability, cervical spine condition, and right hip condition. The evidence does not support a link between these conditions and his military service.

The Board denied service connection for left shoulder bursitis secondary to fibromyositis and avascular necrosis of the bilateral hips, including as secondary to status post cervical foraminotomy/laminectomy.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability have been denied. The claim for tinnitus has been granted with an effective date prior to January 22, 2020.,The psychiatric disability claim is not specified in the decision.

The appeal concerning the deferred claim of entitlement to service connection for left shoulder pain is dismissed.,Entitlement to service connection for a left hip condition, a right hip condition, a neck condition, a right knee condition, and sinusitis are denied.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for hearing loss, back disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right knee disability, right leg disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability. The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be related to in-service noise exposure, while his other disabilities are not linked to service.

The Board has remanded the claims for migraine headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, and a left hip disability due to concerns about the competency of the medical examiners who provided opinions on these conditions. The VA must obtain additional information about the qualifications of the examiners and provide an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's left hip condition is caused or aggravated by his service-connected knee and/or lumbar spine disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for jaw, esophageal, left hip, left ankle, right ankle, voiding, and right hip disabilities have been denied as there is no current disability found at any time during or recent to the filing of the claim.,No VA examination was obtained for these conditions. The Board finds that the post-service treatment records do not provide evidence of a diagnosed condition.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for left and right ankle disabilities, as well as left and right hip disabilities were denied. The Board found no evidence of a current disability or a nexus to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence in the record, particularly regarding continuity of symptomatology since separation from service. The Veteran is asked to provide any VA treatment records he may have.