Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for right and left knee disabilities, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including her adjustment disorder and various physical conditions, have impacted her ability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment prior to July 2, 2015. The Board has remanded the case for extra-schedular consideration of TDIU.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current right knee disabilities and his service. The VA will need to conduct a new examination and provide an opinion on whether there is at least as likely as not that these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability as secondary to service-connected rib disability and granted a 20 percent rating for left ankle disability, excluding periods of temporary total ratings.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a back condition, right knee degenerative arthritis, and left knee degenerative arthritis due to inadequate opinions in previous examinations. The claims will be reconsidered after resolving the issue of service connection for the Veteran's back condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to the Veteran's assertion of a left foot disability, but the current evidence does not support service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's service connection claims for a back disorder, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and hypertension have been denied. The effective date of the TDIU award is June 1, 2017.,Service connection was not granted for PTSD as it did not meet the criteria for direct or secondary service connection.

The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated at 10 percent for limitation of flexion, and a separate 10 percent rating has been granted for instability. The right knee and ankle disabilities are remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine and bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to service. The Veteran's STRs show a history of low back pain during service, and he provided lay statements about noise exposure in service. He also had a private medical opinion linking his current conditions to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to a duty to assist error and further development is required.

The Veteran's left knee disability, characterized by meniscal and ACL tear with osteoarthritis, is rated at 10 percent for limitation of flexion. A separate 10 percent rating is granted for painful extension. The Board finds no basis to grant a higher rating.

The Board has denied service connection for left knee condition and right knee condition. The gastrointestinal disorders claim (abdominal pain and gastritis) is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the spine with thoracic and lumbar strain is currently rated at 20 percent, but does not meet the criteria for a higher rating as his range of motion is sufficient to warrant a higher rating.

The Board has denied service connection for a left hand disability, right ear hearing loss, and several other conditions. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings have also been denied.

The Board denied service connection for left and right knee degenerative arthritis, finding that the Veteran's disability did not begin in service or was otherwise related to his active duty.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all issues related to service connection and evaluation of various conditions, including liver dysfunction, right hip condition, bilateral lower extremities, first degree AV block, patellofemoral syndrome with degenerative arthritis, status post right ankle fibula fracture, migraine headaches, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, left knee osteoarthritis, and hypertension.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, hypertension, shoulder conditions, and migraines, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from February 4, 2020 to November 18, 2021.

The Board has granted service connection for right hip degenerative arthritis as a chronic disease that manifested within one year of discharge from active duty due to continuity of symptoms since.

The Veteran's right ankle disability and instability are granted, but the rating for his degenerative arthritis is denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examination opinions. The issues are related to thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis, left knee osteoarthritis, and right knee osteoarthritis.