Hip Board decisions

The Veteran's right hand, bilateral hip, and bilateral foot disabilities are granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia is granted as service-connected.

The Veteran's cervical spine, right arm radiculopathy, lumbar spine, right hip, and left hip disabilities are granted as service-connected.,His skin condition (chloracne) is denied as not being related to active service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various knee, hip, and foot conditions as secondary to her service-connected back condition due to insufficient medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for recurrent cervical spine, right shoulder, and right hip disabilities due to incomplete verification of her National Guard duty records.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's left hip disability is caused or aggravated by her service-connected right hip and/or right knee disabilities, as well as any potential aggravation of obesity due to these conditions.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is due to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder (PTSD). The Board finds that the current sleep apnea disability is related to his service-connected PTSD and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied service connection for right upper extremity neuropathy with carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity neuropathy with carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral hip disabilities, and bilateral ankle disabilities. A total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) was granted.

The Board denied service connection for various hip, ankle, foot, and back disabilities due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service. The claims were based on direct service connection.

The Board has directed that VA examinations be obtained for the Veteran's claimed right foot, left foot, right ankle, left ankle, right knee, left knee, right hip, and left hip disabilities. These issues are currently remanded to obtain these evaluations.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including back, left hip, right hip, left hand and wrist, right hand and wrist, left foot, and right foot disabilities. The appeals are pending resolution.

The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and a right hip disability, but denied service connection for a right leg disability.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee osteoarthritis, left hip femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, right hip disability manifested by pain, and degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine as secondary to service-connected bilateral pes planus with left foot plantar fasciitis.

The Veteran's PTSD warrants a disability rating of 50 percent, but no higher. The left ear hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating. Multiple service connection claims are remanded.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection of left and right hip disabilities due to inadequate rationale in previous medical opinions. The AOJ is required to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether these disabilities are proximately due or aggravated by service-connected knee and/or pes planus disabilities.

The Board has denied service connection for left hip disability, but granted service connection for right hip strain, lumbosacral strain, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as secondary to service-connected PTSD and bilateral knee disabilities.,Reasoning: The private medical opinions provided a link between the Veteran's obesity (an intermediate step) and his current conditions of bilateral plantar fasciitis and right hip strain.

The Veteran's combined service-connected rating is at least 40 percent, effective March 29, 2016. The Board finds that the Veteran meets the schedular criteria for consideration of TDIU and has been found to be unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities since March 5, 2018.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip, right hip, and right knee conditions due to a duty-to-assist error in previous medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip condition, right knee condition, and left knee condition. Service connection was granted for bilateral pes planus.,Service connection for a back condition was not established.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for back, right hip, and right knee conditions due to insufficient evidence of record.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen the claim for entitlement to service connection for a low back condition. The claims for neck, right wrist, right hip, right ankle, and bilateral foot disabilities are remanded for further development.