Knee decisions — 2024

The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted service connection. The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral feet, bilateral knee, neck, back and right shoulder disabilities to include as secondary to his service-connected left shoulder disability.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for right and left lower extremity peripheral nerve conditions, secondary to service-connected knee disabilities, is remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in the VA examinations.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee and right ankle disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since May 19, 2008. The Board has granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis effective from May 19, 2008.

The August 1993 rating decision denying service connection for back disability and bilateral knee disability is revised to grant the claims, effective September 23, 2009.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of left knee meniscal tear and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome are denied as the earliest date entitlement arose is December 6, 2017.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of left knee meniscal tear and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome are denied as the earliest date entitlement arose is December 6, 2017.

The Board has decided that the VA's decision denying service connection for left hip and left knee strains was not based on sufficient medical evidence. The Veteran's claims are being sent back to the AOJ so they can get new opinions from doctors about whether her current conditions are related to her military service.

The Veteran's service connection claim for scars of the left middle and ring fingers is granted. The claim for bilateral knee condition, including any underlying scarring, is remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for fibrosis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), shin splints, and bilateral shoulder disability is denied. The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches is granted.,Service connection cannot be established for a bilateral shoulder disability as there is no evidence of such condition during or within one year following active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and pseudofolliculitis barbae, finding that there was no evidence of chronicity or continuity of symptomatology since service. The Board also found that the Veteran did not have a current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to insufficient evidence and failure to consider certain issues.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to readjudicate the claims for bilateral foot condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, back condition, right hip condition, and migraine headaches. The issues are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board has granted service connection for right knee strain with patellofemoral pain syndrome and left hip diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.,Both conditions are found to be proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee condition, as secondary to his service-connected plantar warts with chronic callus formation, is being remanded due to the inadequacy of the August 2020 VA examination report and medical opinion. The Board requires additional opinions on whether the right knee condition was caused or aggravated by his service-connected plantar warts.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the current condition and active service.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for bilateral knee conditions due to inadequate VA examination and duty to assist errors. The case will be returned to the AOJ for further evaluation.

The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding entitlement to a TDIU as it is moot due to the VA's award of a TDIU for the entire appeal period. The issues of service connection for right and left knee degenerative arthritis secondary to service-connected lumbar spine degenerative joint disease are remanded.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims of service connection for various knee and shin splits conditions as well as a back disability due to lack of appeal within one year of final denial.

The Veteran's left and right knee disabilities have been granted a 10 percent rating, effective November 30, 2021, due to painful motion causing functional loss.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's tinnitus is service-connected. The issues of service connection for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, right knee strain, and left knee strain are remanded due to inadequate VA examinations.