Knee decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the claims for a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing (SAH), special home adaptation (SHA) grant, and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to unclear extent of service-connected disabilities affecting daily activities.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development and readjudication due to procedural issues, incomplete records, and need for additional medical opinions.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left knee disability. The case will be returned for further action, including obtaining a new VA medical opinion.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate examination reports and failure to address all relevant evidence. The issues include lumbar spine, left knee, left hip disabilities, and PTSD.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for lumbar spine disability and left knee disability due to his opting into the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) review system.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, focusing on the Veteran's knee disabilities measured by limitation of motion under appropriate diagnostic codes.

The Board has determined that the VA examinations for left wrist, right knee, IBS, migraine headaches, vocal cord dysfunction, and right hip/wrist disabilities are inadequate. The Veteran's claims are being remanded to provide further development.

The Veteran's left knee joint osteoarthritis has been rated at 10 percent, and the Board has remanded his claim for a higher rating.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU on an extra-schedular basis prior to January 6, 2020 is being remanded due to the need for substantial compliance with prior remand directives.

The Board denied the reopening of claims for tinnitus, bilateral knee disabilities, and a dental disability. The claim for service connection for a left elbow scar was reopened but denied.

The Board has remanded the case for compliance with the terms of the Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMPR), which includes obtaining private treatment records and providing an adequate medical opinion regarding direct service connection and secondary service connection.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development due to inadequate VA examinations and missing medical records.

The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities have been granted increased ratings, but the issues of service connection for hypertension and TDIU are being remanded.

The Board has determined that there are outstanding duties to assist the Veteran in developing his claims for service connection of his back, right knee, and left knee disorders. The case is being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 100% rating for the entire initial rating period on appeal beginning September 18, 2008. The issue of TDIU is dismissed as moot due to the grant of a 100% rating for PTSD.

The Veteran's right knee arthroplasty disability is rated at 60 percent from October 1, 2012 to June 23, 2022.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for right and left knee disabilities, as well as an acquired psychiatric disability due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran's representative also requested that sleep apnea be considered in relation to his service-connected tinnitus.

Your appeal for service connection of a left knee disorder has been dismissed as the Veteran died during the pendency of your appeal.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to lack of a nexus between the current disability and military service. The issues of service connection for left knee and right knee disabilities are remanded as VA records have not been obtained.

The application to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for a right knee condition is granted. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, including total right knee replacement, is remanded.