Knee decisions — 2024

The Veteran's service connection claim for a right knee disability, including degenerative arthritis, is granted. The Board also notes that the Veteran has been diagnosed with a left knee condition and remands to determine if it is related to his right knee disability.

The Veteran's TDIU claim from April 28, 2020 is denied as moot because he has already been granted TDIU based on his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has reopened the claims of service connection for bilateral knee disorders due to new and relevant evidence presented during the hearing. Service connection is now granted for both right and left knee disorders.

The Veteran's shin splints of the right and left lower extremities, as well as his right and left knee disabilities secondary to shin splints, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss are all granted service connection.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left knee strain with medial meniscus tear status post repair with degenerative arthritis and limitation of flexion, as well as left knee instability, are being remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the August 2019 VA examination.

The Board has restored the Veteran's ratings for his right and left knee limitation of extension disabilities to their previous levels, effective July 1, 2020.

The Veteran's claims for an increased evaluation for osteoarthritis of the right knee and a TDIU are being remanded due to inadequate examination in the March 2020 rating decision.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher evaluation of eczema was dismissed. The Board granted service connection for a left knee scar secondary to his right knee patellar tendinitis.

The Veteran's right knee degenerative joint disease is related to military service and the claim for service connection has been granted.

The Board has remanded the issues of increased initial ratings for the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities since January 14, 2019. The AOJ is instructed to correct an error in assigning a 30 percent rating after termination of the temporary total rating without medical evidence, and to schedule a VA examination for the left knee.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral knee arthritis, colon cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus II, and hypertension. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to service or any presumptive exposure.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee degenerative joint disease, finding that it is secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee flexion is denied. The claim for a 20 percent rating for left knee instability under Diagnostic Code 5257 is granted.

The Veteran's appeal for extension of a temporary total evaluation due to left knee degenerative arthritis requiring convalescence has been dismissed because the appellant died during the pendency of this appeal.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected right and left knee disabilities have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for an increased rating under Diagnostic Code (DC) 5055, which pertains to prosthetic replacement of a knee joint.,The Veteran's claims for compensable ratings for his service-connected scars on his knees were also denied. The VA examiner found that the scars did not cover 144 square inches or greater and were neither unstable nor painful.

The Veteran is granted a TDIU effective May 24, 2015, based on her service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety and other disabilities. The effective date for the TDIU was changed to March 2018 when she received a 70% rating.

The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings on his right shoulder and knee disabilities has been remanded, while the request to readjudicate a previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a right ankle disability is also being remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome and spinal stenosis is granted. The Board also remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for right knee strain and left knee strain.

The Veteran has withdrawn her appeals regarding increased disability ratings for her right and left knee conditions, resulting in the dismissal of these claims.

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran submitted two VA Form 10182s for the same issues and decisions, leading to confusion about which docket he intended to select. The Board incorrectly placed the appeal under the direct review docket.