Hip — all decisions

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, left and right hip disabilities, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The decision also denied earlier effective dates for various disability ratings and claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left hip disability, right hip disability, and back disability as they require further development of evidence through an adequate VA examination.

The Board denied an increased rating for tinnitus and remanded several claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability beginning February 27, 2020, but denied increased ratings and service connection for other conditions.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for bronchitis, right elbow disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, left knee disability, and sinusitis due to a need for additional VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability, denied increased ratings for RLE radiculopathy and hypertension, and denied an initial compensable rating for the residuals of a right hip ganglion cyst removal.

The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and remanded claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, left shoulder, right shoulder, right hip, headaches, persistent depressive disorder, and pseudofolliculitis barbae.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability as it was not shown to be related to the Veteran's service or secondary to his service-connected left foot injury.

The Board denied service connection for left ankle, right ankle, and right hip disabilities, as well as an earlier effective date for the 20 percent rating assigned for the Veteran's low back disability. However, it granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits, both effective August 22, 2019.

The Board granted effective dates of September 17, 2012, for the cervical spine disability and associated neurological impairments, headache disability; November 29, 2018, for the lumbar spine disability and associated neurological impairments of the bilateral legs; April 22, 2019, for the psychiatric disability; and April 22, 2019, for the six separately-rated bilateral hip disabilities.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for a back, neck, and bilateral hip condition due to untimely filing of the necessary forms.

The Board denied service connection for right lower and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, a rating in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression, and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension. However, the TDIU was granted.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a cervical spine condition, low back condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, right ankle condition, right hip condition, urinary frequency, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to obtain additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for low back disability and right hip disability to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decisions on appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection of various musculoskeletal disabilities and entitlement to specially adapting housing benefits due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for a left hip condition, finding that the evidence did not support an in-service incurrence or establish a nexus to any service-connected conditions.

The Board is remanding all issues for development due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including failure to obtain relevant service and VA treatment records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right hip and right ankle disabilities to obtain a more complete VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for a left hip disability and a right hip disability, both of which are found to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected residuals cold injury to the bilateral feet.