Knee decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the cases for additional medical examination to determine if the Veteran experiences incapacitating exacerbations with his left wrist and left knee arthritis.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to issues with the medical opinions provided and the need for further development of the record.

The Veteran's claims for a higher rating for his right knee disability, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 have been reopened, but further development is needed to determine the nature of his disabilities and their etiology.,VA will need to obtain records from private medical facilities and conduct examinations to clarify the diagnoses and provide opinions on the Veteran's claims.

The Board has remanded the cases due to the need for an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's right knee, left knee, and/or left hip disability were caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder and left knee disabilities due to lack of evidence showing a nexus between the conditions and service.

The Board denied service connection for various shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing their onset during active service or being caused by service-connected conditions.,The Veteran's claims were based on exposure to Agent Orange and jungle disease furunculosis.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has determined that the VA examination and opinion provided are inadequate for determining whether the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities were incurred in or related to his time on active service, including as a result of physical training while in Alaska and/or the documented June 1990 motor vehicle accident. The examiner is asked to provide an opinion regarding causation and aggravation.

The Veteran's left knee disability is related to her active-duty service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including psychiatric, right knee, headaches, neck, and bilateral shin splints. The issues are being returned to the RO for additional development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right knee disability and bilateral plantar fasciitis due to insufficient medical opinions considering the Veteran's lay assertions regarding his symptoms.

The Veteran's left knee disability, which pre-existed his active service, was aggravated by his military service. The Board granted the claim for service connection for a left knee disability.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for further development due to a lack of recent VA examinations and outstanding private treatment records.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar strain with degenerative changes and right knee condition are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and medical opinions.

The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his active military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to inadequate examinations and failure to obtain all relevant medical records. The Veteran will need a VA examination to assess her left knee disability, including during flare-ups of increased pain.

The Veteran's right ankle disability is rated as 20 percent disabling, which is the maximum schedular rating permitted for limited motion of the ankle prior to April 29, 2005.,From April 29, 2005, the Veteran's right ankle disability does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's right and left knee Osgood-Schlatter's disease are currently rated at 10 percent each based on patellar instability since February 7, 2021.,Both knees previously had a 10 percent rating for limitation of motion prior to the current decision.

The Veteran seeks earlier effective dates for service connection and an effective date for a grant of service connection for her lumbar spine, right knee, and left knee disabilities. The Board finds that she is not entitled to earlier effective dates than the assigned effective dates.,Additional remand is required as the September 2017 VA examination did not provide adequate opinions regarding the Veteran's left knee disability.