Hip Board decisions

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted a 60 percent disability rating. The other issues remain pending.

The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with prior remand directives. The Veteran is required to provide additional information regarding her service and post-service treatment, as well as undergo VA examinations for her claimed disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to his request for a videoconference hearing. His TDIU claim remains pending and requires issuance of a statement of the case.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for a neck disability and bilateral hip disability, finding no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected hip and low back disabilities prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has determined that additional examinations are necessary to address the Veteran's service connection claims and her increased rating claim for left ankle disability. The Veteran will be scheduled for VA examinations to determine the current severity of her service-connected left ankle disability, as well as to assess whether any diagnosed cervical spine, right hip, bilateral knee, or right leg disabilities are related to service or service-connected conditions.

The Board finds that the Veteran's lumbar degenerative disc disease and right leg/hip disability are not related to his military service, and thus denies both claims.

The Board finds that the Veteran's claimed conditions are not related to her military service, and therefore denies all claims for service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip disability, right hip disability, and gastrointestinal disorder have been denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or any link to service.

The Veteran is seeking increased ratings for her service-connected right and left knee disorders, as well as service connection for multiple joint disabilities. The Board has ordered additional examinations to evaluate the severity of her knees and determine if the other claimed conditions are related to her service-connected knee disorders.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a right hip disability, seeking a higher rating for PTSD and MDD, and reopening his claim of service connection for a right hip disability. The AOJ is instructed to secure SSA records, obtain private treatment records from identified providers, arrange for an orthopedic opinion, and schedule a psychiatric examination.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to conflicting medical evidence regarding his left hip and left knee conditions, as well as missing VA examination reports. The Veteran will be afforded a new VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his complaints.

The Veteran's increased rating claim for his service-connected right hip disability was granted, with a current 10 percent rating. The issues of compensable ratings for limited adduction and flexion were also addressed.

The Board found that the Veteran's left hip disability was not incurred in or aggravated by active service, and is not etiologically related to a service-connected right knee disability.

The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for left shoulder and left hip disabilities due to insufficient evidence regarding their onset during service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hip, right shoulder, and left shoulder disabilities are not related to service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, memory loss, and shortness of breath as they were not found to be directly related to the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, lumbar strain, diabetes mellitus type II, right hip condition, and scars from a shell fragment wound of the right lower extremity with retained foreign body, have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee and hip disabilities due to incomplete development of the record, including obtaining additional medical records and arranging a VA examination.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, left hip, and back conditions.