The Veteran's service-connected hip conditions have been rated as noncompensable since June 8, 2020. The Board denied requests for earlier effective dates and increased ratings.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any symptoms or impairment that would warrant a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip trochanteris pain syndrome, right hip trochanteris pain syndrome to include lliopsoas tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24051976
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What this means for you
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for their left hip condition has been dismissed due to the Veteran's passing during the pendency of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The rating reduction for the Veteran's left hip trochanteris pain syndrome with femoral acetabular impingement syndrome and iliopsoas tendonitis, impairment of thigh from a 10 percent rating to a noncompensable rating was proper. The Veteran is currently rated at the maximum schedular rating for limitation of extension.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating of his lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy due to inadequate VA medical opinions and failure to address secondary service connection.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all five issues of increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected conditions as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a decision being made.
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