Hip Board decisions

An effective date of May 28, 2009 is granted for service connection of a left hip disability. Service connection for right and left ankle disabilities are denied. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is also denied.

The Veteran's right hip disability is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board has ordered a new VA examination to assess its severity.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and conducting a VA examination. The Veteran's current hip disability is not service-connected as it did not have its onset in service or within one year of separation from active duty.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral feet, right knee and left hip disabilities due to in-service diagnoses and functional limitations preventing him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hip condition, right foot condition, and left foot condition due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.

The Board has granted service connection for low back, right hip, and cervical spine disabilities based on the Veteran's credible reports of in-service injuries.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for his right hip condition, including as secondary to his service-connected degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine. The decision is based on a duty-to-assist error in not obtaining a VA medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s right hip condition or whether it was aggravated by his service-connected degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for Raynaud's syndrome, lumbar spine disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability due to insufficient development.,Service connection was denied for Raynaud's syndrome as there is no current diagnosis or functional impairment attributable to pain in both hands at any time since separation from service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left hip condition, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to events in service. The examiner opined that osteoarthritis is more likely than not the cause of the Veteran's left hip condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand instructions, particularly regarding the etiology and proximate cause of the Veteran's brain injury residuals, sternectomy complications, right hand numbness and tightness, left hip disability, and impotence.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records from OPM and requests for employment medical records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip and back disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability. The Board has also remanded the issue of service connection for a right hip disability, which is related to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.

The Veteran's left hip disability claim is denied as there is no current diagnosis of a hip condition. The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a current disability related to his service-connected back disability.,The Veteran's traumatic brain injury (TBI) claim is granted based on evidence showing he experienced head trauma during service and has ongoing symptoms consistent with TBI.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and SMC are being remanded due to deficiencies in the record existing prior to the appealed rating decision. Further development is needed, including obtaining VA treatment records from before March 2018 and a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his psoriatic arthritis.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left shoulder, right elbow, left elbow, right wrist, left wrist (carpal tunnel syndrome), right hip, left hip, right knee, and bilateral hearing loss. The AOJ is instructed to obtain all available records from the Veteran’s National Guard service, particularly those from 2014 through his retirement in March 2018.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for back, right hip, left hip, acquired psychiatric, headache, and skin disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine, right hip, left hip, right knee, and left knee disabilities. The diagnoses are related to in-service duties and/or the service-connected low back sprain.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities, as secondary to his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities. The VA will schedule the Veteran for an examination to determine if these hip disabilities are caused or aggravated by his knee conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for left hip and right knee disabilities due to insufficient examination findings and outstanding VA treatment records.