Hip Board decisions

The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include alcohol use disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, and PTSD was granted. Other claims for various conditions were denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left hip disability, as secondary to thoracolumbar spine strain.

The Board granted service connection for a left foot disability and remanded claims for service connection for atrial fibrillation, a left knee disability, and right knee disability.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding it to be etiologically related to the Veteran's active service. The claims for service connection for a left hip disability, lower back disability, and cervical spine disability were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a right foot disability, as secondary to service-connected disabilities. The appeals for service connection of prostate cancer, diabetes, GERD, and hypertension were dismissed due to the RO's subsequent grant of these conditions.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from March 23, 2011 to May 10, 2022, excluding the period of full-time employment from August 5, 2021 to December 4, 2021. The claims for increased ratings for various service-connected disabilities were denied.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and there are no allegations of error for appellate consideration.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a neck condition, bilateral elbow condition, bilateral hip condition, bilateral ankle condition, and narcolepsy due to inadequate VA examinations and potential pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including OSA, cervical spine condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, and others, but dismissed appeals for obesity, TMJ, insomnia, left elbow, and right elbow. The Board also denied an earlier effective date for a 70% rating for acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left hip, right hip, residuals of spleen removal, and spine disabilities due to a need for additional evidence and an adequate VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for a left hip disability, while remanding the claims for service connection for right hip disability, bilateral foot disability, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension but denied service connection for cervical spine, right shoulder, low back, left hip, gastrointestinal, bronchitis, sinusitis disabilities and denied an initial rating in excess of 0 percent for headaches and thyroid disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left hip condition and a left knee condition to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding service treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including a bilateral eye disability and cardiovascular conditions, based on the Veteran's in-service occupational exposures.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including GERD, bilateral vision impairment, chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, headaches, heart disability, hypertension, left upper extremity neuropathy, right upper extremity neuropathy, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right hip condition, sleep apnea, and urinary frequency.

The Board denied service connection for both the left and right hip disabilities, diagnosed as osteoarthritis, finding no evidence linking them to any incident of service.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, back disability, and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy but denied the claim for bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The veteran's appeal requests were denied as they were not timely filed, and no good cause was shown to extend the time limit.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for headaches with auras and a 10 percent rating for temporomandibular joint disorders, unspecified. Service connection was denied for various conditions including disabilities causing numbness, hearing loss, hip and spine issues, chest pain, dizziness, erectile dysfunction, psychiatric disorder, wrist disability, shortness of breath, ankle and eye pain, and sleep apnea.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran did not timely file a Board Appeal request with respect to the rating decision issued on July 14, 2023.