Hip Board decisions

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for right knee, back, right hip, right elbow, and neck disabilities due to duty-to-assist errors and the need for new medical examinations and nexus opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for leg, right hip, left hip, and high blood pressure conditions to ensure proper development of evidence.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for a bilateral hip disability and a bilateral wrist disability.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability. The Board also denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a right shoulder strain but granted an effective date of April 1, 2021, for a 20 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The other issues of service connection for left hip, shoulder, knee, and low back disabilities are remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back condition, bilateral hip condition, and bilateral foot condition due to incomplete medical opinions that do not address secondary aggravation.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia and a compensable disability rating for hypertension, but remanded the claims for service connection for brain tumor (meningioma) and right hip condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as no VA examination was conducted despite evidence of an in-service incurrence.

The appeal regarding service connection for PTSD was dismissed, while the claims for a right shoulder disability and tinnitus were granted. Other claims for hearing loss, asthma, hip disability, COPD, eye disability, stomach disability, and left ankle disability were denied or remanded.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including a cervical spine disability, low back disability, and various limb and heart conditions, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions began during or were related to the veteran's service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability and right hip disability as secondary to his service-connected right patellofemoral pain syndrome with arthritic conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip and knee conditions to provide VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the Veteran did not receive timely notice of scheduled VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for readjudication and further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions to address the severity of the appellant's service-connected disabilities and associated symptoms over time.

The appeals for service connection for diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoids, and a bilateral foot disability were dismissed. The Veteran's hypertension, anxiety disorder, lumbar spine disability, left hip disabilities, and TDIU claim did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.

The Board denied the claims for a compensable rating and an increased rating for scars, and remanded the claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, and for service connection for a right hip condition.

The appeal for service connection for lumbar spine, right hip, and left hip disabilities was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, denied service connection for a left hip disability and prostate cancer, and denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands all claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, specifically the need to obtain Social Security Administration records and an addendum opinion regarding vertigo.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia and remanded claims for further development.