Hip Board decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left hip condition and a left shoulder condition, as secondary to his service-connected total right knee replacement residuals.

The Board granted service connection for right hip, left hip, right shoulder, left shoulder, and right elbow conditions.,The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and respiratory condition with chest pain.,The Board denied initial compensable ratings for tinea unguium (onychomycosis) of toenails and upper extremity scars.,The Board remanded claims for dermatitis, bilateral hands and feet, bilateral pes planus, and acquired hemolytic anemia.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for TBI residuals, a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with TBI, and a 50 percent disability rating for headaches.

The Board granted service connection for low back disability and left hip disability, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left and right knee joint osteoarthritis.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee condition (claimed as meniscal tear with chondromalacia patellae) and remanded the claims for service connection for right hip, left hip, middle back, and lower back conditions.

The Board restored the 40 percent rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability effective April 12, 2024 and denied a higher rating. The left and right hip service connection claims were remanded.

The Board granted a timely notice of disagreement (NOD) for the denial of service connection for eustachian tube dysfunction, a left hip condition, and thrombocytopenia.

The Board denied service connection for several musculoskeletal disabilities and remanded the claim for a lumbar spine disability for readjudication, while also remanding claims for other musculoskeletal conditions.

The Board denied service connection for depression, peptic ulcer, bilateral hearing loss, vertigo, bilateral ankle condition, bilateral elbow condition, foot condition, bilateral hip condition, bilateral knee condition, and bilateral wrist condition as the persuasive weight of the evidence indicated these conditions were not etiologically related to active service.

The Board granted higher ratings for the Veteran's service-connected neck, right and left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, right and left upper extremity radiculopathy, left hip (extension, flexion, abduction), right hip (extension, flexion, abduction), left knee (flexion), right knee (flexion), and left ankle (dorsiflexion, plantar flexion) disabilities, but denied higher ratings for the Veteran's service-connected low back disability.

The Board remands the matter for an additional medical opinion to address the etiology of the Veteran's left hip disability, specifically regarding whether it was aggravated by his service-connected right knee and/or left knee disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the awards of higher ratings and service connection were dismissed as they constituted impermissible, free-standing, earlier effective claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to deficiencies in the record and VA's duty to assist.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, granted a 20 percent rating for left femoral nerve neuralgia, and granted a 50 percent rating prior to October 7, 2022, for adjustment disorder with depressed mood, insomnia disorder and somatic symptom disorder.

The Board denied service connection for arthritis, a right hip disability, and a left hip disability. The 10 percent ratings for the left and right wrist disabilities were also denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, as a statement of the case has not yet been issued.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include sleep disorder, and increased evaluations for various musculoskeletal conditions due to insufficient evidence of current disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for several foot, hip, neck, and shoulder disabilities but granted service connection for right and left shoulder strains with impingement syndrome and degenerative arthritis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right hip condition, left hip condition, and bilateral hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.