Hip Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient rationale in its previous decision and failure to provide a secondary service connection etiology opinion.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability, left hip disability, left foot disability, and right ear hearing loss disability. Service connection was granted for pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB).,Service connection for bilateral knee disability and an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss disability are remanded.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection of left hip, right hip, and right shoulder disabilities due to new evidence submitted since the last final denial. The claims are now remanded for further examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a non-VA hospital was denied because the care provided did not meet the criteria for emergency treatment and a VA facility was feasibly available.

The Veteran's application to reopen the claim for service connection for a hernia with hydrocele was granted. The appeal for other issues were dismissed.,The Board found that new and material evidence had been received, allowing the reopening of the claim for service connection for a hernia with hydrocele.

The Board has determined that additional examinations and evidence are needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for service connection and rating of various disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including back, left hip, left knee, right knee, and psychiatric disorders. The VA treatment records from the relevant time period are needed to make a determination.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's hip disabilities, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathies, and acquired psychiatric disorders. The claims are being returned for further development including VA examinations.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, fibromyalgia, chronic back disability, and OSA, were denied. The effective dates for the grants of service connection for these conditions remain pending.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various knee and hip conditions due to incomplete records and need for further examination.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hip, left ankle, sinus, lung, neck, and erectile dysfunction disabilities have all been denied as they are not supported by evidence of in-service injury or disease.

The Board denied service connection for low back, left hip, and right hip disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing their onset in service or relationship to service.

The Board has granted service connection for left leg, right hip, left foot, and sciatica disabilities to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee traumatic comminuted patella fracture with patellectomy.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and increased rating of the Veteran's right knee disability, as well as his bilateral hip disability. The effective date for a 30 percent rating for status-post right knee replacement is set at June 13, 2013.

The Board has denied service connection for a bilateral hip disability, back disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder (to include anxiety and depression).,Entitlement to nonservice-connected pension was also denied.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for left knee, lumbar spine, and right hip disabilities as well as GERD. The effective date for the 10% rating for GERD remains to be determined.

The Board has denied service connection for various conditions including low back disability, bilateral foot disabilities, sinusitis, ulcer, skin cancer, and acquired psychiatric disorders. The decision also notes that the Veteran's hip arthritis is not related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the cases due to insufficient medical opinions and inadequate examination reports for determining the etiology of the Veteran's right hip disability, as well as the current severity of his right knee condition.

Service connection for dermatitis, left cubital tunnel syndrome, right hip disability, left hip disability, right shoulder disability, bilateral thumb disability, right first toe disability, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, left varicocele, and testicle atrophy has been denied.,The Veteran's service connection claims for obstructive sleep apnea, nephrolithiasis with hematuria, right knee iliotibial band syndrome and patellofemoral pain syndrome, allergic rhinitis, right plantar fasciitis, hyperhidrosis, hemorrhoids, and generalized headaches have been remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hip disability, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his military service. The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran’s bilateral hip disability is causally or etiologically related to an in-service event, injury or disease.