Hip Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic right elbow, hip, and wrist disabilities to correct a duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for left and right hip conditions as they were not shown to be related to the Veteran's military service or a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for back, right hip, and knee disabilities due to a need for additional development of evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied earlier effective dates, initial ratings higher than 30 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and insomnia, and initial ratings higher than 10 percent for lumbosacral strain. The claims for service connection for various conditions were remanded.

The Board granted restoration of the 70% rating for PTSD, effective May 1, 2023, and remanded several claims for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a left hip disability and a mental health condition as there was no evidence of current disabilities related to the Veteran's service.

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle disability and remanded the claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities due to potential pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted the restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a left hip disability, and a right hip disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left foot and ankle disabilities, as well as a left hip disability, due to a failure to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection of various conditions and readjudicated the claim for a left wrist condition, finding new and relevant evidence. The appeal for PTSD was dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral knee and left hip disabilities as the evidence did not establish their existence for VA purposes.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left hip and neck conditions due to a need for further development, including obtaining private medical records and scheduling VA examinations.

The appeal for service connection for left hip; thigh motion disability was dismissed, and the effective date for the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder could not be earlier than August 21, 2020.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for sleep apnea but denied higher ratings for right hip disability and dismissed the appeals for service connection for PTSD, chronic gastritis, and rotator cuff tendonitis.

The Board denied service connection for T1-T2 scoliosis, a right ankle disability, and a right hip disability. The increased rating claim for left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy was also denied.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's left hip condition, finding it not related to an in-service injury or event and not secondary to a service-connected left knee condition.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, finding that it was caused by limping due to the Veteran's other service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for left foot, cervical spine, left shoulder, and right hip conditions, as well as a higher rating for tinnitus. The claims for service connection for right knee strain, lower back condition, right ankle sprain, right foot post-fracture pain, and PTSD were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a left foot and left hip disability as the evidence did not support that these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's active service, or aggravated by his service-connected right foot disability.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating of a right hip disability to schedule the Veteran for a VA examination with an appropriate clinician.