Hip Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, and left hip disabilities due to incomplete verification of his periods of active duty, inactive duty training, and ACDUTRA. Additionally, new etiology opinions are needed as the current ones are inadequate.

The Board denied service connection for left knee, left hip, and left wrist disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing the conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for her bilateral plantar calluses of the right and left foot is denied.,The Board has also remanded the issue of service connection for hip condition secondary to service connected conditions.

The Board has denied service connection for residuals of a fractured coccyx and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than OCD. The low back disability, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and right hip disability claims are remanded.,Service connection is not granted for the Veteran's claimed conditions due to lack of current diagnoses or evidence linking them to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to new questions raised by recent medical opinions and additional development is needed.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee condition, bilateral hip conditions, and a back condition as secondary to his service-connected left knee condition. The VA examiners provided negative nexus opinions regarding these claims.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings and earlier effective dates are being remanded due to the inadequacy of a previous VA examination. The new examination must address whether the right hip disability is related to the lumbar spine disability, distinguish between intrinsic impairment from other causes, and determine the total duration of incapacitating episodes during the past 12 months.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral ankle and hip disabilities as there is no current disability found by VA examiners.

The Board denied service connection for left and right hip disabilities, finding that the current conditions did not have their onset in service or are not related to any in-service disease or injury.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a need for an additional medical opinion regarding whether the appellant's preexisting right hip disability was aggravated by events during his military service.

The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the Veteran's right hip condition due to complications of total hip arthroplasty, finding that there was no evidence of VA fault in causing the additional disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for her service-connected left and right hip disabilities due to a lack of recent VA examinations, potential worsening of symptoms, and inextricability between the two hips.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various hip, knee, and leg disabilities due to their secondary nature to bilateral pes planus. The Veteran's current pes planus disability is related to service.

The Veteran's appeal for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed. The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, finding that the evidence is at least in balance as to whether it is related to his service.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to non-compliance with a previous remand. A TERA examination is required for GERD, skin rash, and hypertension as they may be related to toxic exposure risk activities during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left hip disability, finding that there was no evidence to support that the current condition was incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues include sinusitis, eye disability, acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as depression), left shoulder disability, low back disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, left leg disability, right leg disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and left foot disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right hip disabilities due to insufficient medical evidence in the record. The Veteran is also being asked to provide any relevant non-VA treatment records, and a new VA examination will be scheduled to assess his current hip conditions.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for further development and consideration due to new evidence being added to the record.

The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, but the issues of service connection for cervical and left hip disabilities are remanded due to lack of updated medical records.