Knee decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right knee disorders due to insufficient development of her case, including obtaining additional service records and providing addendum opinions.

The Board denied service connection for various joint disorders and a traumatic brain injury in July 2008. The Veteran's claims were reopened, but new evidence did not meet the criteria to reopen any of the claims.,Service connection was not established for any of the claimed conditions due to lack of evidence linking them to service.

The Veteran's right knee disability has been granted a rating of 10 percent for limitation of flexion, with separate ratings for extension and instability throughout the appeal period.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the severity of his left knee disability and determine its impact on employment and daily tasks.

The Veteran's right knee disability, including osteoarthritis and a meniscus tear, is currently rated at 10 percent for painful limitation of flexion. A separate 10 percent rating has been granted for painful limitation of extension since May 10, 2013. The Veteran also receives a 10 percent rating for slight right knee instability since the same date.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lower back, right knee, left knee, and bilateral foot conditions due to the need for VA examinations.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further medical evaluation.

The Veteran's right knee pain with meniscus tears, patellar tendonitis and osteoarthritis, status post arthroscopic surgeries with residual pain and reduced ROM, as well as patellofemoral pain syndrome began during active service. The Board finds that the criteria for service connection are met.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeals for increased ratings in excess of 20% for a spine disability, and for left knee extension prior to September 2019, and for left knee flexion from March 17, 2000.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for additional development, including obtaining records from the Veteran's ROTC period and providing a new VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of her right knee and hip disorders.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left knee disorder, an increased rating for right knee status post total knee replacement, and a TDIU due to the complexity of the issues and the need for additional development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disorder, finding that there is no medical evidence to support a direct or secondary relationship between his current condition and his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation prior to March 21, 2011.

The Veteran's service-connected right and left knee disabilities have been rated based on limitation of motion, with no higher ratings granted. The Board denied the claims for initial compensable ratings prior to January 14, 2016, and in excess of 10 percent on and thereafter, for recurrent subluxation.

The Board granted a separate rating of 20 percent for right knee instability from December 16, 2019 to March 12, 2020. The Veteran's right knee degenerative arthritis was rated at 30 percent during this period.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals of the issues related to various foot and knee conditions, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, hip condition, Achilles tendon condition, pes cavus, hammertoes, and plantar fasciitis. The appeal is dismissed.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient examination responses and requires a new opinion from an independent medical expert regarding the Veteran's claim of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a left knee disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and a low back disability, finding that additional development is needed to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for right and left knee disabilities with total replacements, finding that the conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right knee disorder and sleep apnea, as well as a separate rating for post-meniscectomy condition. The issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right knee disorder are denied.