Knee decisions — 2009

The appeal is remanded to the RO for a more contemporaneous VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's left knee disability.

The Veteran is granted a separate rating of 10 percent for residuals of a right knee injury with laxity, but the overall evaluation for his right knee disability remains at 10 percent.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and left knee condition are service-connected.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability, finding that the veteran's pre-existing left knee disability was not aggravated by military service or his service-connected right knee disability.

The Board remands the case for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's left knee disability is related to service.

The appeal to reopen a claim of service connection for bilateral shoulder disability was denied, while the issue of service connection for bilateral knee disability was reopened.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disorder and a right knee disorder, including degenerative joint disease.

The Board denied an increased evaluation for degenerative joint disease of the left knee and found that a timely substantive appeal was not filed for lumbar facet arthropathy.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability as the evidence did not indicate that it was related to the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran's PTSD was incurred in service, and he is not entitled to a higher initial rating for his right knee disability.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability as proximately caused by the Veteran's altered gait due to his service-connected foot and ankle disabilities, but denied service connection for a left wrist disability. The effective date of the awards was set at April 17, 2003.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee condition, finding no evidence of a nexus between his current disability and his military service.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability evaluations were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable or higher evaluation for his cervical spine spondylosis, thoracolumbar spine spondylosis, right (major) shoulder osteoarthritis, right hip and left hip osteoarthritis, right knee and left knee osteoarthritis, right first metatarsophalangeal joint degenerative arthritic changes, left first metatarsophalangeal joint degenerative arthritic changes, and bilateral pes planus.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for left knee disability, finding no evidence of a chronic condition during service or continuity of symptomatology after discharge.

The appeal was remanded for further development of the evidence, specifically to address the evidentiary standards regarding service connection.

The appeal is being remanded to provide the Veteran with proper VCAA notice and to schedule him for a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, bilateral ankle disorder, and right knee disorder as they were not shown to be related to the Veteran's active duty or secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, finding no evidence that the Veteran's current osteoarthritis of the right knee is related to his active service.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, right knee disorder, right ankle disorder, and left ankle disorder as there was no evidence of a current disability at any time during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's back disorder, bilateral knee disorder, throat disorder, and tinnitus were not incurred or aggravated in service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.