Knee decisions — 2015

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing the Veteran with VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of her claimed conditions.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for his current right knee disability, which he claims was incurred during active duty. The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the claim.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including new VA examinations and medical opinions to address the severity of her service-connected low back disability and whether any right knee disability shown during the appeal is as likely as not (50 percent or greater probability) etiologically related to service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to address the nature and etiology of his right knee disability and flat feet.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for traumatic brain injury and a sleep disorder were withdrawn. The Board granted higher ratings for right and left knee disabilities, including scars.,Headaches prior to June 20, 2014 are rated at 30 percent.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee pain, finding that it is due to an undiagnosed illness incurred during his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for left knee retropatellar pain syndrome has been granted, but the rating assigned is non-compensable. The Board finds that additional development is necessary to determine if a compensable rating should be assigned.

The Board has determined that the reduction of the Veteran's 30% disability rating for his service-connected right knee disability to a 10% rating was not proper and is void ab initio. The Veteran's 30% disability rating is restored effective May 1, 2014.

The Board found that the Veteran's current left knee disability, including degenerative joint disease and a medial meniscus tear, is not related to her military service. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Veteran's stress fractures of the bilateral knees have been manifested by subjective complaints of pain, but there is no indication that the condition has resulted in limitation of motion, degenerative arthritis of the knees or nonunion or malunion of the tibia and fibula. As a result, he was denied a compensable rating for his knee disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in a combined schedular evaluation of 100 percent, which qualifies him for consideration of TDIU. The Board has granted the claim.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied claim of service connection for a lumbar spine disability and found that new evidence supports this reopening. However, the claims for service connection for bilateral eye condition, right arm/elbow disability, left elbow disability, left hand disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability have not been substantiated.

The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claims for service connection of his left and right knee disabilities, concluding that there was insufficient medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed spinal, knee, foot, respiratory and skin disorders are not related to his active duty service or toxic herbicide exposure. The evidence does not show a current diagnosis of any of these conditions.

The Board has ordered the VA to obtain worker's compensation records from New Jersey, and if these records are unavailable or cannot be obtained, notify the Veteran. The case will then be remanded for further action.

The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities are not service connected, as they were not incurred or aggravated by his period of active military service. The Board finds that the current right and left knee conditions are not related to his service-connected bilateral Achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical evidence and for further examination regarding his claims of service connection for hepatitis C and bilateral knee disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disability and chronic left median neuropraxia of the left hand, finding that new evidence received since the last denial supports these claims. The Veteran's current disabilities are found to be related to his military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and a compensable rating for his right knee scar, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the diabetes claim and concluding that the scar is painful but not disabling enough for a higher rating.

The Veteran's right knee disability increased in severity to warrant a 10 percent rating as of June 29, 2010.