Hip Board decisions

The Board restored the 20 percent rating for the thoracolumbar spine disability, effective July 1, 2024. The right hip claim was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including left and right hip, knee, shin splints, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right hip, left hip, and right ankle disabilities to obtain a more complete medical opinion regarding their etiology.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right hip disability, left hip disability, stomach disability (also claimed as diarrhea), and neck disability due to lack of evidence of current disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for multiple musculoskeletal conditions, including the cervical spine, thoracolumbar spine, left and right ankles, hips, shoulders, and right knee.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left hip, right hip, low back, and right ankle conditions due to missing VA treatment records and the need for additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a left hip disability, GERD, and OSA, and an initial 50 percent rating for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The appeal of entitlement to service connection for a lumbar spine disability is dismissed, and the criteria for service connection for a right hip disability have not been met.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip condition and an acquired psychiatric condition, as secondary to the service-connected right hip condition.

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

The Board granted service connection for bilateral shoulder disability, left hip disability, bilateral knee disability, and lumbosacral strain based on the evidence being at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for recurrent right and left hip disabilities to allow for a more thorough medical examination.

The Board granted service connection for a lower back condition, OSA as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back condition, and chronic bronchitis. The claims for hip arthritis, sciatic neuritis, and unspecified persistent depressive disorder; generalized anxiety disorder were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, vertigo, a bilateral hip condition and GERD. Service connection was denied for diabetes mellitus type II, left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to low back sciatica, right lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to low back sciatica, hypertension, an increased rating for knee degenerative arthritis, and a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hip and knee disabilities due to insufficient evidence to determine their etiology.

The Board remands the claim for a left hip condition to afford the Veteran an examination and medical opinion addressing both causation and aggravation by her service-connected total right hip arthoplasty.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for asthma, a right shoulder condition, and a right hip condition based on new and relevant evidence. The claims for other conditions were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for hemorrhoids and service connection for right and left hip conditions to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining relevant non-VA treatment records and providing an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical spondylosis, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, sore ribs, mild degenerative arthritis of the interphalangeal joints and metacarpophalangeal joints of the right hand, and a left hip disability to obtain adequate VA examinations and medical opinions.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for an increased rating and service connection due to the need for additional evidence and examinations.