The appeal for increased ratings and compensable ratings for various hip conditions has been withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative.
The deciding factor: The appeal was withdrawn before a decision could be promulgated, as stated in the March 2025 letter from the Veteran's authorized representative.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip tendinopathy, right hip tendinopathy, left hip impairment (flexion), right hip impairment (flexion), left hip impairment (extension), right hip impairment (extension)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25029749
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left hip tendinopathy, limitation of extension, and limitation of flexion. The claims for psychiatric disorder, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, and low back disability are remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for agoraphobia, left hip tendinopathy, and allergic rhinitis. The Veteran was also granted a 50% rating for tension headaches.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for dry eye syndrome, right hip tendinopathy, and left hip tendinopathy. The evidence was persuasively against a finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions have prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
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