Hip Board decisions

The veteran's appeals for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for right hip disability, including arthritis, a back disability, tinnitus, and disability exhibited by night sweats and tremors have been withdrawn.

The veteran's appeal includes multiple issues related to his service-connected and non-service-connected disabilities, including a request for increased rating for flat feet, as well as claims for various other conditions. The case is being remanded for additional development.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current tinnitus, hearing loss, muscle spasms, leg disability, right upper extremity disability, or right hip disability to his military service. The claims for these conditions were denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a hip condition and an initial evaluation for right leg shortening. The hip condition claim was denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between the current hip condition and service, while the right leg shortening claim was also denied due to lack of medical evidence establishing a relationship with the service-connected lumbar disc disease.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including memory loss, bilateral hip and knee disabilities, elbow disability, and shoulder and thoracic spine disabilities, were denied as they are not considered to be due to undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness.

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to inadequate VCAA notice and the need to obtain additional medical records. The case will be readjudicated after these actions.

The Board finds that the veteran's left hip disability is related to an injury sustained during service, and grants service connection for this condition.,There is no evidence of a current left lower extremity disability other than the left hip disability. The Board therefore denies service connection for any left lower extremity disability.

The Board has determined that further development is necessary before the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for disability due to a right hand crush injury and a right hip disability can be adjudicated.

The veteran's low back, right hip, and left hip disabilities are not service-connected. His right knee disability is currently rated as 10 percent disabling.

The veteran's knee, hip, ankle, and foot disabilities are not service-connected. The Board denied the claims of service connection for left shoulder disability due to lack of evidence.

The veteran's claim for service connection for right hip disability was reopened on January 4, 2002, and granted effective from that date.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip disability and degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine on a direct basis, as well as his claim for an increased rating for right knee strain with torn ACL. The evidence does not support these claims.

The Board is reopening the claim for service connection for residuals of a back injury based on receipt of new and material evidence. The claims for right ankle, right knee, and hip conditions are remanded to the RO for further development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current bilateral knee and hip disabilities, including osteoarthritis, are not related to service. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed bilateral knee disorder and low back and right hip condition are not etiologically related to service or a service-connected disability.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right hip condition and a lumbar spine condition, finding that there is no current disability or evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation.

The veteran's left ankle disability is rated at 10 percent. His right ankle fracture, bilateral hip condition, and bilateral knee condition are not service-connected.

The Board has determined that there is no current right hip condition related to the veteran's period of service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for degenerative changes of the left knee as secondary to a service-connected right knee disability, but denied service connection for a right hip disability on the merits.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of various conditions, including a back disability, chondromalacia of the right knee, hip disability, and an eye disability. The appeals were based on direct evidence rather than any presumption or secondary service connection.