Hip — all decisions

The Board is remanding the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional error in VA's duty to notify, requiring notice of the Veteran's right to an AOJ hearing.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye condition and an ovarian cyst, but remanded claims for service connection for right hip, right knee, right ankle, bilateral foot, respiratory conditions, and migraine headaches.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and remanded the claims for service connection for mid/lower back, left hip, and right hip conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a right hand condition, left hand condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, right hip condition, and cervical spine condition, as there are no opinions of record addressing the theory of entitlement based on obesity caused or aggravated by service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial rating due to a duty to assist error regarding notice of the right to a hearing.

The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including sleep apnea/sleep disordered breathing (SDB), erectile dysfunction, inflammatory enthesopathy as a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, and various musculoskeletal conditions affecting the Veteran's hips, knees, hands, shoulders, and feet.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for service connection for right shoulder, elbow, and hip disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for a left lower extremity condition, to include a left gluteal muscle condition, for further development including obtaining SSA records and new VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine strain, hypertension, right ankle strain, left ankle strain, right hand tenosynovitis, left hand tenosynovitis, a right hip disability, and a left hip disability. The appeal was dismissed for sleep apnea, vertigo, a left knee disability, headaches, and coronary artery disease. Tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were denied higher ratings.

The appeal for a 10 percent disability rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities is dismissed as the Veteran has been in receipt of a compensable disability rating throughout the period on appeal.

The Board remands the claims for further development to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling new VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for further development to clarify the Veteran's foot diagnoses and obtain medical opinions, as well as to address a VA examination regarding his hip condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, granted service connection for musculoskeletal neck/upper back (cervical spine) condition/myofascial pain syndrome and right shoulder disability, and remanded several other claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings to ensure that all necessary development is completed.

The Board denied entitlement to a compensable rating for the Veteran's left hip disability based on limitation of abduction/adduction prior to June 16, 2009.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings to cure errors in fulfilling VA's duty to assist.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for various conditions, including degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and bilateral hip, knee, and shoulder conditions.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of increased ratings for right hip, left hip, and left shoulder conditions.

The Board remands the claim for a left hip disability as secondary to service-connected conditions due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the issue.