The Board found that the Veteran's current hip disabilities are not related to service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's current hip disabilities were not related to service, citing lack of posttraumatic arthritis in radiographs and non-service connected metastatic prostate cancer as contributory factors.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip socket fracture, left femur ball fracture, iliopsoas tendonitis, trochanteric pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1813219
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left hip disability is being remanded for further evaluation due to inadequate range of motion testing in the previous examination.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right hip disability, which includes arthritis, trochanteric pain syndrome, and piriformis syndrome, finding that these conditions are related to his time in active service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right hip condition, finding that his service-connected right ankle disability caused or aggravated his current hip condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grants of service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and trochanteric pain syndrome, as no evidence showed that she had perfected her appeal within 60 days of the SOC or that there was any other unadjudicated claim prior to July 30, 2020.
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