Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he is granted Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remanded the veteran's appeal to obtain additional medical records and correct errors in assisting the veteran.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of various IBM conditions and right knee osteoarthritis due to inadequate medical opinions. The veteran will receive a new evaluation.

The veteran's claim for service connection for recurrent peptic ulcer disease was granted. The claim for service connection for a recurrent lumbar spine disability, including degenerative disc disease and degenerative arthritis, was remanded.

Service connection for pes planus was granted, but service connection for bilateral osteoarthritis of the feet secondary to pes planus was denied.

The veteran's service connection claims for right and left knee osteoarthritis were granted.

The veteran was granted a 40% disability rating for their back condition effective November 20, 2019. The effective date for tinnitus service connection is November 22, 2019. Issues regarding cervical strain and GERD were remanded.

The veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of right knee degenerative arthritis with Osgood-Schlatter's disease was denied. The earliest possible effective date is October 19, 2022.

The veteran withdrew the appeal, so all claims were dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions but remanded the claim for headaches.

The Board remanded all issues to correct errors in the VA's duty to assist, including inadequate nexus opinions and lack of required examinations.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions and increased ratings for several disabilities. However, the claim for tinnitus was remanded.

The veteran's appeals for higher ratings and service connection were dismissed because the veteran withdrew them.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher ratings for various hand conditions due to lack of required symptoms.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for hypertension was denied. The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for osteoarthritis of the left shoulder was dismissed.

The veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for degenerative arthritis of the spine was partially granted and partially remanded. The veteran was granted a 20% rating from May 1, 2019, to October 16, 2020, and a 50% rating for migraines for the entire period on appeal. Other issues were remanded.

The veteran's claim for service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis was granted. The claims for lumbar spine disability and a higher rating for left shoulder rotator cuff tear were denied.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension to obtain a new medical opinion.

The veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine is remanded. Other claims are denied.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective from February 8, 2017. The claim for an increased rating in excess of 40 percent prior to February 8, 2017 was denied.