Knee decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left ankle disorder, left knee disorder, and chronic inflammatory disease of the uterus with infertility due to a lack of current diagnoses. The Veteran's service treatment records show a diagnosis in 2019 but no current evidence of these conditions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various ankle, shoulder, wrist, and knee conditions have been denied as there is no current evidence of these disabilities.

The Veteran's request for an extension of the temporary total disability rating for his right knee replacement is denied because the medical evidence does not support severe postoperative residuals or major joint immobilization.

The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings and reduction of disability ratings have been dismissed due to his withdrawal from appeal.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require regular aid and attendance, warranting special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including cervical spine disability, ocular migraines, neuropathy of bilateral upper and lower extremities, bilateral shoulder disability, low back disability, and Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the left knee. The Board found no evidence that these conditions were related to active service.

The Veteran's request for an extension of her delimiting date for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits due to service-connected knee disabilities was denied because the evidence did not clearly establish that she was prevented from initiating or completing her chosen program of education.

The appeal for attorney fees based on past-due benefits from a February 2023 rating decision is dismissed as the appellant was found eligible for such fees in a July 2023 Statement of the Case Fee Decision.

The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disorder, finding that the Veteran's right knee disability caused his left knee strain and osteoarthritis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of right knee strain and impairment of the right knee, finding that there was no evidence of a present disability prior to March 4, 2022.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee and lower back conditions due to a lack of VA examinations addressing their etiology.

The Veteran's left and right knee disabilities were granted a 10 percent rating for painful motion from February 12, 2022. The Board found that the evidence is neither evenly balanced nor approximately so regarding entitlement to an increased disability rating for left or right knee disabilities.

The Board has determined that the claims for service connection of bilateral hip and knee disorders, as well as a left ankle disorder, require additional examination to determine their etiology.

The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied because the evidence did not establish that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable, despite meeting the schedular requirements for consideration of a TDIU.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, in combination, render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for DEA benefits, finding that basic eligibility to DEA was established from May 29, 2018 when the combined disability rating became permanent.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for a right knee condition due to insufficient evidence in the VA examination and opinion. The Veteran's lay statements regarding continuity of symptoms since service are not considered.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss has been denied.,The issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions have been remanded.

The Board has found that the AOJ did not substantially comply with its previous instructions and remanded the claims again. The new opinions are also inadequate, as they do not adequately address the Veteran's lay statements about his symptoms in service.

The Veteran's knee disabilities have not been characterized by significant functional impairment, and the current ratings for her right and left knee conditions are denied.