BVA Decisions on Hip
174 real Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving hip. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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Case 24-2807 — Vacated / Remanded September 9,2025In December 2021,the Board determined that the October 2021 VA examination report was inadequate and that another examination ....
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Case 23-6651 — Affirmed August 21,2024In the October 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to benefits for degenerative arthritis;lumbosacral disc degeneration with herniated disc and moderate stenosis a...
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Case 11-3732 — Affirmed / Remanded July 9,2013The Board denied disability compensation for headaches,noting that (1)evidence demonstrating headaches in service related the headaches to the appellant's sinus problems, and the a...
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Case 23-2243 — Unknown April 26,2024The Court will vacate the part of the Board's decision that failed to address the appellant's argument in his December 2021 NOD that he was entitled to compensation for unrated man...
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Case 94-503 — Affirmed November 5, 1997Savage, appeals a March 16, 1994, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that denied a claim of service connection for a right hip disability after determining t...
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Case 19-4559 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed July 30,2020Shanahan ,through counsel appeals a March 19,2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen a claim of entit...
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Case 14-1330 — Vacated / Remanded June 30,2015Regarding VA's duty to assist,the Board found the March 2012 audiological examination adequate to enable the Board to make an informed decision on the claims,noting that the examin...
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Case 23-2226 — Unknown July 31,2024Rice ,through counsel,appeals a March 3,2023, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection for (1)obstructive sleep apnea (...
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Case 22-3013 — Vacated / Remanded July 25,2023As for secondary service connection,the examiner found that [t]he two conditions are not medically related, [t]he claimed disorder is a separate entity entirely from the service[-]...
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Case 24-7325 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed December 11,2025The RO denied the claim as to the right shoulder because he had not submitted new and material evidence and as to the left shoulder because there was no evidence of nexus or of an ...
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Case 14-1297 — Affirmed March 30,2015The Board remanded the bilateral knee claim with instructions that VA obtain private treatment records and provide the appellant with a medical examination and opinion as to whethe...
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Case 99-179 — Vacated May 5, 2000Brown , appeals a January 20, 1999, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that (1) determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a ...
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Case 23-3225 — Affirmed September 27,2024In February 2020,the Board determined that based on the evidence of record,an effective date earlier than November 1,2016, is not warranted....
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Case 22-1946 — Vacated / Remanded September 16,2024VA advised him that the claim was previously denied in February 1981 and that he needed to submit new and material evidence to reopen it....
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Case 21-3714 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 31,2023In his brief,the appellant argued that the Board erred in relying on a medical opinion premised on medical treatises,without addressing the probative value of the opinion in light ...
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Case 13-0540 — Vacated / Remanded February 9,2015On appeal,the appellant contends that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for rejecting his testimony concerning the continuity of his symptoms af...
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Case 07-0882 — Vacated / Remanded June 15,2009, through counsel,appeals a November 28,2006,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claim for entitlement to service connection for left and right...
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Case 23-6519 — Unknown January 17,2025In an April 2003 rating decision,the RO found no new and material evidence to reopen a claim for a right knee condition....
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Case 23-3528 — Unknown May 13,2024Ferrerio,appeals the May 9, 2023,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for a heart disability....
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Case 22-2306 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 29,2023Silberstein , through counsel,appeals a December 29,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)asthma,manifested by shortnes...
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Case 04-2310 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed May 11,2009The appellant perfected an appeal to the Board,and in August 1999,the Board denied a disability rating greater than 30%for his PTSD and denied entitlement to a TDIU rating....
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Case 21-0347 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded November 8,2021The examiner is notified that findings of not due to, not caused by, and not related to are insufficient to address the question of aggravation....
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Case 22-7547 — Affirmed January 31,2024There must be a nexus of auditory damage to relate current hearing loss to military noise and not another etiology....
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Case 23-4685 — Unknown April 10,2024Alford's hearing loss was less likely than not related to his military service....
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Case 23-4041 — Vacated / Remanded January 28,2025In addition,the appellant maintains that the VA examiner failed to consider or comment on (1)[the appellant] not being permitted to stay overnight;(2)his lay statements that after ...
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Case 20-1455 — Vacated / Remanded September 14,2021In October 2003, the appellant requested that his disability compensation claim for the back be reopened based on new and material evidence....
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Case 17-3373 — Affirmed January 9,2019The Board found that service connection was not warranted because the appellant did not exhibit a bilateral hearing loss disability for VA purposes....
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Case 19-7428 — Remanded / Vacated April 1,2021The examiner noted that the appellant's headaches are not related to his TBI,but he did develop some personality changes following his in-service head injury,which he believes have...
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Case 94-0927 — Affirmed / Reversed January 27, 1997As was the case in Ramey, the BVA decision here was issued prior to the Combee opinion, and the BVA failed to address the question of direct service connection....
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Case 14-1556 — Vacated / Remanded May 19,20153 In September 2009,the veteran underwent a VA spine examination,where a VA examiner opined that the veteran's current low back pain was less likely than not related to service,cit...
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Case 23-0092 — Vacated / Remanded March 21,2024The Board found that the April 2015 VA medical opinion address[ing]whether the [v]eteran's current endocrine conditions and hypertension were related to his service-connected diabe...
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Case 13-580 — Vacated / Remanded March 18,20145103A(a), whether the Secretary's duty to assist required VA to obtain a medical opinion (R....
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Case 97-1534 — Vacated February 17, 1999STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, veteran Joe Elkins, appeals through counsel a May 6, 1997, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) that determined that new and m...
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Case 18-5936 — Remanded / Vacated June 17,2020l the negative clinical opinions of record that found that appellant's right shoulder disability is not service connected....
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Case 11-0243 — Vacated / Affirmed / Remanded April 2,2012HOLDAWAY, Judge :The appellant appeals the September 28,2010,decision of the Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)that determined that new and material evidence had not been received t...
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Case 07-1008 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated December 31,2008Wilson,through counsel,appeals a March 9, 2007,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for a back disa...
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Case 23-2629 — Vacated / Remanded May 20,2024The examiner determined that the appellant's condition was less likely than not related to service and provided the following rationale: No chronic diagnosis is made for thyroidism...
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Case 23-2641 — Vacated / Remanded July 2,2024Therefore, [his] skin condition is at least as likely as not related to his military service....
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Case 02-1077 — Vacated April 14, 2005In an addendum, the VA physician opined: This veteran's CAD is more likely than not related to both his long[]standing smoking and his [hypertension (HPT)]....
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Case 10-3273 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated April 13,2012In October 2009,the 5 examiner opined that the appellant's macular degeneration was less likely than not related to his military service,including RFR....
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Case 90-0818 — Unknown April 12, 1995In a July 1988 decision, the RO determined that the veteran had not submitted new and material evidence to reopen his claim because no medical records had shown a right-leg injury ...
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Case 21-3588 — Unknown October 25,2022March 2021 Board Decision In the March 2021 decision on appeal,the Board noted that in September 2020,the veteran had timely appealed a September 2019 rating decision and requested...
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Case 12-0603 — Affirmed September 30,2013The Board noted that VA had not provided the appellant with a medical examination and opinion regarding whether his hip disorder is related to service (nexus opinion)to assist in e...
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Case 24-4734 — Vacated / Remanded December 31,2025August 2018 Board Denial In August 2018,the Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a headache disorder....
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Case 24-2877 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded May 23,2025The appellant underwent a VA examination for artery and vein conditions in May 2023; the examiner opined that there was no pathology to warrant an upper extremity PVD diagnosis;he ...
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Case 21-3087 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed June 16,2022The matter 3 returned to the Board in April 2009,and the Board denied the appellant's claim for benefits for a low back disability....
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Case 92-1347 — Affirmed June 21, 1994Glynn, had not submitted new and material evidence regarding his claim for service connection for a back condition, and thus refused to reopen this previously and finally denied cl...
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Case 22-2282 — Affirmed May 31,2023The appellant underwent a VA examination in March 2013;the examiner diagnosed cervical spondylytic myelopathy and opined that the condition was not related to service....
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Case 17-1885 — Affirmed July 10,20185103A(d),the Secretary's duty to assist includes providing a medical examination or obtaining a medical opinion when such an examination or opinion is necessary to make a decision ...
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Case 23-6949 — Unknown October 31,2024In the remand instructions,the Board noted that regarding the appellant's physical assault, the examiner should indicate whether any behavioral changes that occurred at or close in...
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Case 13-1245 — Vacated / Reversed / Remanded vember 18,2015Specifically,the Board found that the October 1973 RO decision became final when the RO denied the substance of the hearing loss claim in September 2003 and the veteran failed to a...
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Case 97-1192 — Affirmed / Vacated Sep 6, 2000The appellant argues as follows: (1) that the Federal Government failed to provide documentation of his exposure to Agent Orange and biological and chemical warfare agents (Argumen...
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Case 15-2247 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed July 22,2016Zanders ,appeals through counsel a May 14, 2015,decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)that,among other things, denied service connection for a back disability after fin...
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Case 24-1222 — Affirmed June 5,2025At a VA audiological examination the following month,the examiner rendered a negative nexus opinion....
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Case 21-0697 — Vacated / Remanded June 23,2022In the October 2020 decision on appeal,the Board denied an initial rating greater than 10% for tinea pedis with onychomycosis and denied service connection for a low back disabilit...
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Case 12-0393 — Vacated / Remanded June 25,2013In December 1981,the Board denied the appellant entitlement to disability benefits for a left knee disability....
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Case 90-744 — Vacated / Remanded April 28, 1992We find that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) prevented the veteran from presenting new and material evidence to reopen his claim by failing to fulfill the VA's duty t...
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Case 22-4105 — Vacated / Remanded October 30,2023In the March 2022 decision here on appeal,the Board found that the October 2021 decision provided an incomplete discussion of the April 2021 VA medical opinion and failed to discus...
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Case 12-3649 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded June 30,2014As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because (1)VA had obtained the veteran's SMRs and there was no indication in the record that additiona...
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Case 14-0328 — Affirmed June 26,2015Yarasavych ,through counsel,appeals a November 19,2013,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claim for disability compensation for peroneal nerve...
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Case 23-4291 — Vacated / Remanded December 30,2024The Board found that [t]he [v]eteran's PTSD more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, and the Board noted that his symp...
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Case 21-0226 — Vacated / Remanded April 17,2023In the November 2020 decision on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to an effective date prior to September 5,2018,for the award of benefits for CAD....
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Case 04-181 — Vacated / Remanded March 31, 2006Kent, through counsel, appeals an October 8, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that determined that he had not presented new and material evidence to reopen ...
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Case 21-4626 — Affirmed December 8,2022Kershner's conditions were not related to either his chemical exposure or service in any way because carpal tunnel has nothing to do with external occupational exposures....
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Case 99-357 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded July 21, 2000ent of Veterans Affairs (VA) service connection for hernias and a low-back disorder; (2) found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen a previously and fina...
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Case 17-3439 — Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded August 9,2019155 (2017): 2 (1)entitlement to a total disability rating based on 1 There is no dispute between the parties that, when the Board determined that no further action is necessary,....
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Case 11-1074 — Vacated / Remanded February 12,2013Based upon these facts,and a discharge examination revealing no pulmonary abnormalities ,the physician concluded that the veteran had mild asbestosis but that it was more likely th...
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Case 08-3983 — AffirmedDVA informed Akers that her claim could only be reopened if she submitted new and material evidence....
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Case 20-3257 — Unknown January 4,2022LAURER, Judge : United States Army veteran Almon Haynes appeals,through counsel,a February 6,2020,Board of Veterans�Appeals (Board)decision determining that there was no new and ma...
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Case 12-2187 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded October 23,2013Morgan's current hearing loss was less likely as not related to or caused by in-service noise exposure....
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Case 23-0107 — Unknown November 30,2023And the Board recognized that the veteran was competent to report his symptoms and to report,years after separation, when he was diagnosed with arthritis,but the Board found that t...
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Case 08-2236 — UnknownRichard Hime appeals from the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“the Veter- ans Court”) holding that the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) had...
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Case 08-0089 — VacatedBond argued that his February 1998 submission was actually new and material evidence relating to the earlier, May 1997, rating decision and should have been assessed as such by the...
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Case 23-5933 — Vacated / Remanded May 30,2025In July 2019, the Board denied service connection for a right hip condition and degenerative arthritis of the right knee....
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Case 16-3128 — Affirmed October 23, 2017Fluellen ,appeals through counsel a July 11,2016,decision of the Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)that,among other things,(1) determined that the appellant had not submitted new an...
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Case 91-1288 — Unknown May 27, 1994KRAMER, Judge: Appellant, Gool Counts, appeals the April 15, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not...
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Case 91-1665 — Vacated / Remanded March 30, 1995The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Secretary's imposition by regulation of a causal nexus requirement, i....
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Case 93-388 — Affirmed / Vacated December 13, 1994Duran, appeals from a January 28, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that since he had failed to submit new and material evidence rega...
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Case 17-0035 — Vacated / Remanded March 30,2018The examiner diagnosed the appellant with GERD with a date of diagnosis of 1989,concluding that such disability is less likely than not related to a specific exposure event ....
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Case 20-4336 — Affirmed October 29,2021To the extent the Board denied a rating higher than 20%,the appellant does not raise any argument concerning that matter,and the Court will also dismiss the appeal as to that aband...