Hip Board decisions

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection of left knee, left hip, and right hip conditions as secondary to a service-connected right knee condition due to inadequate VA examination reports and failure to provide proper medical opinions.

The Veteran's migraine headache disability has been granted a 50 percent rating, but no higher.,The Veteran’s asthma condition is active and needs to be evaluated for service connection.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate rationale in a previous VA examination, and a new examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's right hip disability was incurred in service or related to his service-connected left knee disability.

The Board has granted service connection for major depressive disorder. The claims for left and right hip disabilities are remanded due to inadequate examination.

The Board has remanded the cases due to lack of substantial compliance with previous directives and additional development is needed, particularly regarding whether the Veteran's preexisting left hip condition was aggravated by active duty service.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and an addendum opinion regarding service connection for left knee, right hip, and left hip disabilities. The Veteran's left ankle disability is granted a 20% rating.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination. The Veteran's lumbar spine, right knee, and left hip disabilities are secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.

The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is granted service connection, and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for his left knee disability is denied. Other service connection claims are remanded.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional examinations to determine if the Veteran's service-connected left foot disability caused or aggravated his left knee and right hip conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and additional development is needed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for left knee, right knee arthritis, and right hip disabilities due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims of service connection for a back condition, bilateral hip conditions, and left knee conditions due to his service-connected right knee condition. The reasons include insufficient medical opinions based on lack of contemporaneous records and failure to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding overcompensating.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of a left hip condition as secondary to an already service-connected right hip condition due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the origin and causation of the Veteran's left hip condition.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and the identification of outstanding private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including ankle, elbow, foot, hip, knee, shoulder, wrist, neck, back, GERD, hypertension, and eye conditions. The evidence did not show any in-service injury or incident that could be linked to these conditions.,There is no current evidence of a diagnosed disability related to the claimed ankle, elbow, foot, hip, knee, shoulder, wrist, neck, back, GERD, hypertension, or eye disabilities.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a low back disability, left knee condition, and left hip condition to include as secondary to the low back disability due to lack of documentation in service records. The Veteran's claim will be reviewed again with an addendum opinion from VA.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding active military service.

The claims for service connection of right and left knee disability, right hip disability, and left ankle disability are being remanded. The claim for hypertension is also remanded as it may be related to herbicide exposure during service.

The Board denied service connection for left shoulder, right shoulder, left hip, and right hip disabilities. The Veteran's knee disability was also denied. Service connection for a respiratory problem prior to September 13, 2019, is not granted.

The Veteran's left knee arthritis and painful hip disability are not rated higher than the current assigned ratings.