Hip Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding his claimed skin disability of the feet, right shoulder disability, and right hip disability. Additional development is needed to clarify the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back and bilateral hip conditions, finding that these conditions pre-existed his military service and were not aggravated by it.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for additional examinations and opinions regarding the relationship between his disabilities and active service, including right knee total arthroplasty and PTSD with depressive disorder.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for back, left hip, and right hip conditions due to insufficient medical opinions provided by VA examiners.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete medical records and other issues.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to difficulties in contacting him and obtaining necessary medical opinions. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's bilateral hip disabilities are not service-connected, but remanded for further examination and opinion to address these issues.

The Board has remanded several service connection claims due to inadequate examination reports and the need for additional development. The Veteran's claims include back, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral pes planus, hip, knee, and CTS conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for pes planus, bilateral hip condition, low back condition, and right knee condition due to their inextricably intertwined nature with his claim of service connection for pes planus. The case will be returned for further development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete records and conflicting statements regarding hearing requests. The claims are related to presumed herbicide agent exposure, but no VA examiner has provided an opinion on whether any of the claimed conditions are related to service or herbicide exposure.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for a left hip disability, finding that it is secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.

The Veteran's tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability are currently rated as noncompensable. The cervical spine, bilateral hip, shoulder, hand, foot, lumbar spine, and left knee disabilities have not been service connected.,The Board finds that additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's current cervical spine, bilateral hip, shoulder, hand, foot, lumbar spine, and left knee disabilities are related to his INACDUTRA or aggravated by a preexisting right knee disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed. The Board found that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the previously denied claims of service connection for a back disability, right arm disability, radiculopathy (right lower extremity), and radiculopathy (left lower extremity).

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions to address the Veteran's claims of service connection for back disability, headache disability, and left hip disability.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his left hip disability was denied because he failed to appear for a scheduled VA examination without providing good cause.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining new VA examinations to address the nature and etiology of his back disability, right hip disability, and right knee disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions. The issues of service connection for Tourette's syndrome, left ankle fracture as secondary to Meniere's syndrome with peripheral vestibular disorder, trigeminal neuralgia (face), thoracic syringomyelia (back), cervical spine disability, left hip disability, and right hip disability are being considered.

The Board has denied service connection for a left shoulder disability and granted service connection for bilateral arthralgia of the ankles. The right hip disability issue is being remanded.

The previously denied claims of service connection for low back disability, right hip disability, and insomnia have been reopened.,Service connection has been granted for the previously reopened claim of service connection for insomnia.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to inadequate medical opinions provided in a previous remand. The case is now returned for further review.