Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the evidence of record does not support a finding that any of these disabilities are related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's left and right knee degenerative arthritis, as well as remanded claims for service connection for a right foot disorder secondary to a left foot disability.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral foot disability, finding that it was aggravated by her service.

The appeal for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative arthritis of the spine, to include IVDS, under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) system is dismissed.

The Veteran was granted SMC based on aid and attendance, but denied SMC based on housebound status. The Veteran's specially adapted housing claim was also granted, while his claims for a special home adaptation grant and an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance were denied.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and right knee meniscal tear and medial collateral ligament tear with degenerative arthritis, but remanded the claims for a headache disorder and sleep apnea (OSA) due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for degenerative arthritis and herniated disc of the thoracolumbar spine from September 4, 2013, and also granted a total disability evaluation due to individual unemployability (TDIU) from that date.

The Board denied service connection for right-ear hearing loss and an initial compensable disability evaluation for left-ear hearing loss, and remanded the claim for a lumbar-spine disorder.

The Board dismissed both issues of entitlement to service connection for lumbosacral or cervical strain and degenerative arthritis of the spine due to untimely filing.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his thoracolumbar spine, left and right shoulder disabilities, hypertension, and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.

The Board remands the service connection claim for left knee conditions due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the increased rating claims for the Veteran's bilateral knee strain with osteoarthritis with shin splints disability to afford him a new VA examination.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance, as well as an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance, or for adaptive equipment only.

The Board remands the claim for a cervical spine disorder to obtain an addendum opinion regarding its nature and etiology, including all theories of service connection.

The Board granted service connection for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bilateral upper extremities pain, an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression), and squamous cell carcinoma of the anus as secondary to service-connected hepatitis C. However, psoriatic arthritis was denied.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis and DDD, as well as radiculopathy of both upper extremities and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in both upper extremities. However, the claim for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) was denied.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for degenerative joint disease of the right knee and osteoarthritis of the left knee due to a need for another VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral foot, cervical spine, and bilateral hip disabilities but denied service connection for an eye disability, OSA, a sinus disability, and a nail condition. The Board also denied an increased rating for hearing loss and dismissed the TDIU claim.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative disc disease and degenerative arthritis, right shoulder degenerative arthritis, left shoulder degenerative arthritis, and lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease and degenerative arthritis. The claim for hypertension was denied.

The Board denied all claims for increased ratings, except for sinusitis which was granted a higher rating.