Hip — all decisions

The appeals for service connection for a left knee condition and right hip condition are dismissed as moot.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including right knee, left and right hip, left and right shoulder, and left and right wrist disabilities, to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected back disability with obesity as an intermediate step and whether his left hip disability may be related to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and denied a compensable rating for the left shoulder condition, dismissed a temporary 100 percent rating for surgery of the left shoulder, and remanded claims for service connection for cervical spine and right hip disabilities.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's back disability and granted a 20 percent rating, but not higher, for radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), right lower extremity, and a 40 percent rating, but not higher, for radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), left lower extremity. Other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied increased ratings for left and right foot pain, while remanding several other conditions for further consideration.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, other than PTSD, and remanded the claims for a cervical spine condition, left hip condition, right hip condition, lumbar spine condition, left lower extremity sciatica nerve pain, and right lower extremity sciatica nerve pain.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, left elbow pain, left hip pain, left knee pain, right ankle pain, and right shoulder pain on a direct basis.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability at a level qualifying as a VA compensation disability. The claims for service connection for cervical spine, left shoulder, low back, left hip, right and left knee, and right and left ankle disabilities were remanded for further development.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for a right foot disability and denied claims for service connection for headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, diabetes, gout, hypertension, heart disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, peripheral arterial disease, back disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and remanded several other claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability, to include right and left sided lumbar radiculopathy, and a right hip disability due to pre-decisional errors that occurred prior to the issuance of the January 2024 rating decision.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for left hip condition, lumbar spine condition, and right hip condition.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right hip condition, to include degenerative changes, due to duty to assist errors.

The Board remands all service connection claims for further development and to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD. The claims for service connection for a low back and left hip disability as secondary to service-connected disabilities of the right shoulder and/or left knee were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, but remanded the claims for left hip and low back disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for both the right and left hip conditions as there was no evidence showing that these conditions had their onset in service or were otherwise etiologically related to service.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism and remanded several claims, while dismissing or denying the rest.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including ankle, foot, back, and various musculoskeletal issues due to the lack of evidence showing a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.