Knee decisions — 2023

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for thoracolumbar spine disorder, left knee disorder, and right knee disorder due to insufficient evidence in the record.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and the need for VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete development of records from Landstuhl Army Hospital and additional consideration of evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new and material evidence having been presented. The right knee disability claim is being remanded for further examination, while the TBI claim remains denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left knee condition, finding that there is no evidence linking his current disability to his active duty service.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development to obtain medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's current diagnoses of Traumatic Brain Injury and Right Knee Disorder are etiologically related to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment since September 12, 2008.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of the temporary total disability rating is remanded due to a failure to develop his claim for the period prior to September 26, 2017.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and left knee retropatellar pain syndrome with patella femoral tendonitis are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a more comprehensive VA examination.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left knee disability, finding that there is sufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the current condition and his military service. The decision also reopened the previously denied claim.

The Veteran's sinusitis, TMJ, and left knee condition are all found to be service-connected.,Service connection for pituitary disease is denied as there was no evidence of a current disability.

The Board has granted the Veteran's requests to reopen his claims for service connection for several disabilities, including left foot and eye disabilities. The remaining claims are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has granted an effective date of February 26, 2011, for the award of a separate rating for left knee instability. The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development regarding his initial ratings and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left wrist disorder, left knee disorder, right arm disorder (other than residuals of a fractured distal radius), and left arm disorder due to inadequate opinions in prior decisions.

The Veteran's right knee disability is granted service connection, and his irritant contact dermatitis is granted a 30% rating since March 16, 2019. Other issues are remanded.

The Veteran's left knee strain with degenerative joint disease was granted a 20% evaluation from April 14, 2015 to December 19, 2015.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to new evidence being obtained since the last AOJ adjudication.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for heart and skin cancer of the extremities have been dismissed. The Board has referred other issues to the RO.

The Board has granted service connection for rhabdomyolysis and its residuals, as well as secondary service connection for right shoulder pain, left shoulder pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, right hip pain, and neck pain all related to the Veteran's in-service diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability has been reopened and granted. The Board finds that the evidence supports a finding of in-service onset and continuity of symptoms, warranting service connection.,For his residuals, shrapnel to left quadricep, the Veteran is not entitled to an increased rating as there is no evidence of moderate or more severe impairment.