Hip Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to insufficient evidence and failure to obtain necessary medical examinations and opinions.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as mood depressive disorder, due to the evidence being at least evenly balanced. The claims for left knee strain with medial collateral ligament sprain, right knee strain with medial collateral ligament sprain, right shoulder disability, and right hip disability were remanded.

The veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection and a compensable rating for various conditions, including asthma, sinusitis, hypertension, left hip disability, sciatic left lower extremity, right hip disability, right knee disability, and migraine headaches.

The Board granted an effective date of August 18, 2021, for a 20 percent disability rating for the Veteran's cervical strain and degenerative arthritis.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and remanded the service connection claims for back, right hip, and left hip disabilities.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip osteoarthritis and left hip condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his acquired psychiatric disability, lumbar spine disability, and left hip disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lower back disability and right hip condition, diagnosed as tendinosis, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for the residuals of right hip total arthroplasty (right hip disability) as secondary to a service-connected left ankle disability, but remanded issues related to an initial compensable rating for lumbar spine disability and entitlement to TDIU prior to December 13, 2022.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a left hip disability to afford the Veteran an opportunity to submit medical evidence, including from her physical therapist, that links her current condition to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other issues.

The appeal for service connection for a left hip disability, to include as secondary to service-connected left knee and foot disabilities, is remanded due to the need for an addendum medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a left shoulder disability, right little finger disability, low back disability, left hip disability, foot disability, cold injury residuals to ears, nose, face, and hands, and acid reflux, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip, knee, and foot conditions due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The appeal for service connection and initial rating for various disabilities was dismissed due to improper concurrent election of multiple review options.

The Board remands the service connection claims for right hip condition and right knee condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities due to a duty-to-assist error by the AOJ.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date prior to October 17, 2014, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus, left shoulder disability, maxillary sinusitis, left hip disability, and peripheral vestibular disorder (PVD), as there was no clear and unmistakable error in the October 2011 rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for low back and right hip conditions to obtain additional medical evidence regarding their etiology.

The Board remands the matter for additional evidentiary development to properly assess the severity of the Veteran's back disability, including a retrospective opinion on range of motion findings prior to April 5, 2022.