Knee decisions — 2019

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disorder, right knee degenerative joint disease, and ankle disorder. The appeals were not timely filed.

The Board has granted a temporary total disability rating for the right knee surgery due to convalescence period following December 24, 2012.

The Board has denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claims for service connection for right knee injury, left leg condition, and back condition. The case is remanded for further development.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional examinations and testing to determine the current severity of his hearing loss, knee conditions, and spine condition. The Veteran also needs further examination regarding whether he has right ear hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions including skin disability, numbness of fingers, vertigo, sweating condition, left knee disability, right knee disability, and joint pain. The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claims.

The Veteran's right foot condition is dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.,Service connection for right knee patellar tendinitis and chondromalacia patella, and left ankle sinus tarsi syndrome are granted.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a left knee disorder caused by VA treatment in January 2010 was denied because the evidence did not show that his current left knee disorder is related to the treatment.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and earlier effective dates have been denied. The Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for a left shoulder disability, and determined that there was not sufficient evidence to establish an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a left knee disability or for increased ratings.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, as well as consideration of new evidence. The appeal remains denied.

The Board has granted service connection for left ear hearing loss and remanded the remaining issues due to lack of current evidence.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding his low back, right knee, left shoulder, and gastrointestinal disabilities.

The Board has reopened the claims for right and left knee disabilities, but remanded them due to insufficient evidence. The back disability claim is also being remanded.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a low back disability and remanded all other claims due to insufficient evidence in the previous examination.

The Veteran's hypertension is not rated higher than noncompensable, and his migraine headaches are rated at 10 percent prior to February 12, 2019, but a 30 percent rating is granted for the same condition starting from that date.,Cervical spine degenerative joint and disc disease and left knee status post ACL repairs are remanded for further examination and rating consideration.

The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate VA examinations and a need for further medical opinions.

The Veteran's partial right knee replacement is rated at 30 percent since August 1, 2014. Separate ratings for instability are granted from September 8, 2010 through June 5, 2013 (10 percent) and as of December 11, 2017 (20 percent). The Veteran's TDIU is granted beginning September 26, 2016.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for new VA medical examinations to assess the current severity of service-connected right knee chondromalacia patella and right ankle closed fracture with ORIF.

The Veteran's left knee posttraumatic chondromalacia patella and recurrent cervical strain have been granted service connection. A rating of 10 percent for hypertension has also been granted effective from December 15, 2017.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee condition began during his active service and granted service connection for this condition.