Hip — all decisions

The Board denied service connection for left hand, right hip, left knee, and right knee disabilities as the evidence did not support an in-service incurrence or nexus to military service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for right knee, left knee, right hip, and left hip disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including foot, knee, hip, shoulder, and peripheral neuropathy conditions, to ensure proper development of evidence.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including fatigue, bilateral eye disability, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, GERD, penile condition, left foot disability, and others. Some claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including a low back condition and left foot disability, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred during or related to active military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, a bilateral foot condition, and a bilateral hip condition due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and rating claims, resulting in the dismissal of each claim.

The Board denied service connection for various orthopedic conditions and hypertension, as well as an initial compensable rating for a left 5th metacarpal fracture, finding no medical evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for left knee strain, lumbosacral strain, service connection for a right hip disability (degenerative arthritis), and a right elbow disability.

The Board denied service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, heart condition, hypertension, right shoulder and arm condition, and left hip condition as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred during or related to the Veteran's period of active service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. Several issues related to the Veteran's knees, psychiatric condition, right hip, and TDIU were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including thoracolumbar spine disability, bilateral knee and hip disabilities, heart disease, erectile dysfunction, COPD, and denied an initial rating higher than 50 percent for MDD with GAD.

The appeal was dismissed as a matter of law, except for the grant of an initial rating of 10 percent for right knee limitation of extension.

The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for various conditions and reduced his evaluation, as the appeals were not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including iliotibial band syndrome of the left knee, a cervical spine disability, radiculopathy of the right and left upper extremities, alopecia totalis, a right hip disability, a left hip disability, a right elbow disability, a right shoulder disability, and a left shoulder disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric condition and diabetes, to ensure that all relevant VA treatment records are associated with the claims file.

The Board granted service connection for a lower back condition and tinnitus, denied a higher rating for PTSD, and remanded the remaining claims for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right hip disabilities to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a mental health disorder and TDIU, but denied service connection for various wrist, hip, and knee disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for left hip piriformis syndrome and denied service connection for a right hip disability. The appeals of the March 3, 2023 proposal to reduce the rating for lumbosacral strain and the August 2022 rating decision regarding initial rating for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and service connection for left knee condition were dismissed.