Hip Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbar condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left hip condition, and right hip condition as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the matter to obtain a complete medical opinion addressing both secondary causation and secondary aggravation theories of service connection from a medical doctor.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including scheduling a medical examination to provide an opinion on the severity of the left hip disability without considering the beneficial effects of medication.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right and left hand/finger disabilities, high blood pressure, left hip, right knee, and left knee disabilities as there was no evidence of a current disability or nexus to service.

The veteran withdrew her appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board dismissed the case.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including diverticulosis, atrial fibrillation, cerebral infarction, COPD, benign prostatic hyperplasia, lumbar spine disability, left hip disability, and right hip disability, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence of current disabilities or functional impairment.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, heart disability, liver disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, and bilateral pes planus. The appeal seeking service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a right knee disability, and a left knee disability was dismissed.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee instability from August 12, 2008 to November 3, 2013 and denied higher ratings for the left quadriceps muscle injury with left knee tendon repair and degenerative arthritis.

The Board is remanding the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional error in VA's duty to notify, requiring notice of the Veteran's right to an AOJ hearing.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and remanded the claims for service connection for mid/lower back, left hip, and right hip conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye condition and an ovarian cyst, but remanded claims for service connection for right hip, right knee, right ankle, bilateral foot, respiratory conditions, and migraine headaches.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, a right hip disability, and a left hip disability manifested by pain.

The Board remands the claim for a left lower extremity condition, to include a left gluteal muscle condition, for further development including obtaining SSA records and new VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for further development to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling new VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine strain, hypertension, right ankle strain, left ankle strain, right hand tenosynovitis, left hand tenosynovitis, a right hip disability, and a left hip disability. The appeal was dismissed for sleep apnea, vertigo, a left knee disability, headaches, and coronary artery disease. Tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were denied higher ratings.

The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including sleep apnea/sleep disordered breathing (SDB), erectile dysfunction, inflammatory enthesopathy as a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, and various musculoskeletal conditions affecting the Veteran's hips, knees, hands, shoulders, and feet.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial rating due to a duty to assist error regarding notice of the right to a hearing.

The appeal for a 10 percent disability rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities is dismissed as the Veteran has been in receipt of a compensable disability rating throughout the period on appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a right hand condition, left hand condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, right hip condition, and cervical spine condition, as there are no opinions of record addressing the theory of entitlement based on obesity caused or aggravated by service-connected disabilities.