Hip Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including cervicalgia, left and right hip disabilities, right ankle disability, diabetes mellitus, neuropathy of the lower and upper extremities, and a skin disability. The claim was also granted for a 20 percent rating for left ankle sprain with chronic achilles tendonitis and degenerative arthritis.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for multiple service-connected disabilities to obtain an opinion on their severity from a clinician.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bilateral foot disability, right and left hip disabilities, and back disability due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability as the evidence did not support that the Veteran's current condition began during active service or was related to an in-service injury.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbar spine condition, bilateral knee condition, and bilateral hip condition as further development is needed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for peripheral vascular disease, low back condition, left hip condition, and right hip condition as further development is needed.

The Board granted service connection for right knee strain and tinnitus, but denied service connection for a left hip disability. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The appeal for service connection for a left hip disability has been withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative.

The Board granted service connection for a chronic right wrist disability and an initial 30 percent rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), while denying service connection for otitis media and other claims.

The Board remands the claims for a left hip disability and a migraine headache disability to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome with rectal bleeding (IBS), a left hip condition with pain, a right hip condition with pain, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, a left shoulder condition with pain, and a right shoulder condition with pain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right hip disability, left hip disability, and lumbar spine disability to obtain an adequate examination with opinion.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability and a coccyx disability, both found to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome with levoscoliosis.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a left hip disability, claimed as osteoporosis, for further development and an addendum medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, finding that the Veteran's current left knee disability was incurred during verified combat service. The claims for right knee, bilateral hip and lower back conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, lumbosacral strain, to include low back pain, a right hip disability, and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression. The Board also remanded the claim for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The appeals for increased disability rating and service connection have been withdrawn by the appellant.

The appeal for service connection for a left hip disability was dismissed due to the Board's prohibition on reconsidering previously, finally decided claims.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine condition, right hip condition, left shoulder condition, and cervical spine condition based on the evidence being in approximate balance as to whether these conditions are due to service.

The Board denied service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and dismissed the appeals for service connection for tinnitus, a cervical spine disability, left and right hip disabilities, and a right shoulder disability due to untimely notice of disagreement.