Hip Board decisions

The veteran's right hip disability is currently rated as 90 percent disabling. The Board finds that the preponderance of evidence supports a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral hip disability cannot be granted as there is no competent medical evidence linking his current condition to service or any established service-connected condition.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection of a left hip disability due to failure to report for a required examination.

The Board has determined that the claim is not well grounded and therefore denied.

The veteran's appeals for increased evaluations and service connection were denied. The issues of arthritis of the knees, bilateral ankle condition (claimed as arthritis), bilateral hip condition, and hearing loss, right ear are dismissed due to withdrawal by the appellant.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence is not new and material, thus denying the request to reopen the claim for service connection for a bilateral hip disability.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral hip disability as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right foot is not well grounded due to lack of competent medical evidence linking the hip disability to his service-connected condition.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well grounded and denied them.

The Board has granted service connection for a right heel spur, but denied the claims of left heel spurs, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and a right hip disability. The right heel spur was incurred during active duty for training (ACDUTRA).

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are well grounded. The veteran is entitled to a rating of 30 percent for ankylosing spondylitis of the cervical spine with disc narrowing, postoperative cervical osteotomy, and a 20 percent rating for ankylosing spondylitis of the lumbar spine.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for left hip disability was not well-grounded and denied it. The appeal regarding an increased rating for residuals of a fracture of the left radius with traumatic arthritis is also denied.

The Board found that the veteran's claims of service connection for left knee, low back, and right hip disabilities are not well grounded due to lack of competent medical evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a timely notice of disagreement and an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD. The veteran did not file a timely NOD to the February 1991 rating decision, which denied his claims for various disabilities. The RO granted his claim for PTSD in September 1997 with an effective date of October 16, 1996.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for right ankle, back, and hip disabilities are not well-grounded because there is no competent evidence of current disabilities or a nexus between his service-connected left knee disability and these conditions.

The Board found that there is no medical evidence of current chronic disabilities for the claimed conditions and denied all service connection claims. Service connection was granted for left arm scars.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including back disability, liver disorder, eye disorder, and right hip disability, were not incurred or aggravated by service. The evaluation for residuals of plantar fasciitis with a history of minimal hammertoe deformity of both feet is also denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various lower extremity and back disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between her current conditions and service.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development and adjudication on the merits due to conflicting opinions regarding the etiology of pain in the back, hips, knees, and ankles. The veteran's claims are related to service-connected varicose veins.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims of service connection for arthritis of the hands and a left hip condition are not well-grounded, as there is no competent medical evidence to support these claims.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's skin condition and left hip condition, finding that these conditions had their onset in service.