Hip Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip disabilities, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses of right and left hip strain are related to his active duty service.

The Board has decided to remand the cases of service connection for left and right knee disabilities, as well as left and right hip disabilities due to insufficient opinions regarding their relationship to service.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including left wrist disability, left knee and hip disabilities, bilateral hearing loss, and skin disability. The remand requires obtaining updated medical records, conducting examinations for orthopedic, audiological, and dermatological evaluations, and determining the etiology of any diagnosed conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left hip condition. The right hip and low back conditions are pending as they may be related to his service-connected left hip condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities, as secondary to service-connected foot disabilities due to an inadequate opinion regarding the etiology of the hip disabilities.

The claim for service connection of a right hip condition secondary to the service-connected left knee is reopened due to new and material evidence. The case is remanded for an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's right hip condition is at least as likely as not aggravated by her service-connected left knee.

The Board denied service connection for left hip, buttock injury, and back conditions due to lack of in-service complaints or treatment. The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 30%.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right hip condition, and left hip condition due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for right hip and toe disabilities, finding no evidence of a separate disability from the service-connected lumbar spine disability.

The Veteran's bilateral hip disabilities have been rated at 10 percent each, but the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted due to lack of evidence showing functional loss beyond what is already reflected in the current ratings.

The Board denied service connection for left knee condition, right ankle condition, and bilateral hip condition (secondary to left knee condition).,Service connection was not granted as there is no persuasive evidence linking the current conditions to service or any other established theories of entitlement.

The Board has granted service connection for a left shoulder disability and denied service connection for cervical spine, right hip, left hip, right knee, chest, stomach, heartburn, and unspecified depressive disorder disabilities. The decision is based on the Veteran's in-service complaints and current diagnoses.

The Veteran's right hip and lumbar back disabilities are being remanded for further examination to determine if they are related to his service-connected left ankle disability.,VA is required to provide an adequate explanation for the inability of the examiner to estimate motion loss in terms of degrees during periods of flare-ups.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional examinations.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for right and left hip conditions due to insufficient information in the records. The Veteran's VA treatment records indicate joint pain, which can constitute a disability under VA law.

The Veteran's service-connected prostatitis, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, left foot disability, right foot disability, and low back disability are all remanded for further examination and evaluation. Service connection for abdominal pain is also remanded.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability and remanded it. The issues of service connection for neck, bilateral hip disabilities, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as major depressive disorder) are also remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's applications to reopen his claims for service connection for back and right hip disabilities, finding no new and material evidence to support these claims.

The appeal has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant, and no further action can be taken on this matter.

The Board has granted an initial 30 percent rating for sinusitis prior to August 28, 2013. The Veteran's claim for a higher rating is denied since August 28, 2013. Other issues are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions.