Knee decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to outstanding private medical records and missing service treatment records. The Veteran is considered a Persian Gulf veteran, and additional opinions are needed regarding his diagnoses of right shoulder strain, left shoulder strain, right knee strain, and patellofemoral syndrome.

The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for residuals of a right hand, pinky finger fracture was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on functional loss or other symptoms. For TDIU, the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not raise a reasonable possibility of rendering him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted service connection for lower back, cervical spine, and right knee disorders based on credible testimony of in-service injuries during active duty.

The Veteran is granted TDIU from March 6, 2017 to March 19, 2021 due to service-connected disabilities. He is also granted SMC based on aid and attendance.

The Board has granted service connection for post-polio syndrome left lower extremity by way of aggravation and secondary service connection for post-polio syndrome right lower extremity.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral knee disability, specifically addressing whether it is at least as likely as not that his service-connected pes planus aggravated his bilateral knee disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disability is not related to her service and therefore denied her claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left knee and left ankle disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The AOJ is required to obtain relevant medical records, including from Detroit Medical Center, Dr. G.R., and Dr. A.Y., and schedule the Veteran for VA examinations to determine etiology of any left knee and left ankle disabilities.

The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability, right knee disability, and right shoulder disability due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's left knee instability and status-post left ACL cyst decompression and LTP chondroplasty have been granted initial ratings of 20 percent from June 28, 2012 to the present.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, finding that it is secondary to his service-connected right knee strain.

The Veteran's intervertebral disc syndrome of the lower lumbar spine and degenerative joint disease with medial and lateral meniscus tears of the left knee are currently rated at 20 percent and 10 percent, respectively. The Board has remanded these claims due to insufficient evidence or procedural issues.

The Veteran's right knee disability was previously granted a 10 percent rating, but the Board finds that updated VA treatment records were not obtained prior to this decision. The case is being remanded to correct this error.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to inadequate VA medical opinions and a need for further examination.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee strains, as well as right and left ankle strains. The reasons include inadequate opinions from a VA examiner regarding the onset of these conditions during active duty.

The Board has granted service connection for right knee, left knee, right foot, and left foot disorders as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain.

The Veteran's claims for glaucoma and temporomandibular joint dysfunction have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew these claims during a hearing.,New evidence has reopened previously denied claims for tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD), congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, COPD, chronic renal insufficiency, hypertension, prostate cancer, bilateral hearing loss, left knee disability, and right knee disability.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip, right hip, cervical spine, left knee, and back disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing an in-service injury or disease that is related to these conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for lumbosacral strain, right elbow lateral epicondylitis, and right knee strain with tendonitis/tendinosis due to duty-to-assist errors in prior VA examinations.

The Board has granted service connection for left knee strain and right shoulder impingement syndrome, finding that the current diagnoses are related to military service.