Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The remaining issues related to the right ankle, lumbar spine, cervical spine, and pes planus were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied a 10 percent rating for multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities and remanded the claims of service connection for cervical spine, bilateral knees, acquired psychiatric condition, and sleep disorder.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's left ankle and left wrist disabilities as there was no evidence showing that these conditions had their onset during active duty or were otherwise related to his military service.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions and a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the service connection of PTSD, right and left shoulder disabilities, and neck disability, as well as higher ratings for these conditions and a TDIU.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's right knee disorder, to include ACL repair and osteoarthritis.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and tinnitus. The claim for a right eye condition was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for spinal stenosis with degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine and a skin condition, to include eczema, as there were errors in the duty to assist that need correction.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and increased ratings for various radiculopathies and cervical spine degenerative arthritis with IVDS.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings, granted restoration of a 20 percent rating for left knee osteoarthritis with limitation of extension, and remanded claims for service connection for varicose veins and an earlier effective date for DEA benefits.

The appeal for service connection for scoliosis of the spine was dismissed, and claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability (PTSD, other than persistent depressive disorder) and Type II diabetes mellitus were denied. Other claims were remanded.

The Board remands the matter for additional development to ensure compliance with previous remand directives regarding the Veteran's lumbar spine disability.

The Veteran was granted a disability rating of 60 percent for his left knee replacement and 20 percent for left knee instability, effective June 1, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for a right leg disability, diagnosed as right knee osteoarthritis, finding no credible evidence linking the condition to military service.

The Board remands the issues for a new medical examination to address specific deficiencies in the previous VA examination report.

The Board granted service connection for left ankle osteoarthritis with tendinitis and tarsal tunnel syndrome, right ankle osteoarthritis, and an effective date of December 16, 2015, but no earlier, for the increased rating of 30 percent for bilateral pes planus with calluses.

The Board granted separate ratings of 20 percent for right knee meniscus tear and left knee meniscal fraying, while denying higher ratings for the service-connected bilateral knee degenerative arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for right foot pes planus as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right foot calcaneal spur and granted increased ratings for PTSD, right foot calcaneal spur, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine (including intervertebral disc syndrome, stenosis), left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral nerve, and right lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral nerve.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of the Veteran's service-connected wrist and shoulder disabilities to obtain new VA examinations to determine their current severity.