Knee decisions — 2024

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to his current condition.

The Board has found that further medical development is needed to determine the severity of functional loss throughout the appeal period, including any associated instability and ROM loss during pain, weakness, and flare-ups. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasons or bases in support of its decision, specifically regarding the adequacy of a July 2021 VA medical opinion and the need for an examination considering April and May 2014 private treatment records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to failure to attend VA examinations and other issues.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various knee and shoulder disabilities, as well as a lumbar spine and cervical spine disability. The case is being returned to the RO for further development.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for tinnitus, hearing loss, left ankle sprain, and left knee condition due to procedural issues and need for additional medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating, including those related to left hip, left knee, right shoulder disabilities, and headaches. The AOJ is required to obtain additional development, such as SSA records and a medical opinion regarding the aggravation of headaches by her service-connected left shoulder disability.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of medical evidence linking the Veteran's right knee strain to his service. The claim will be reconsidered with additional examination and opinion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been readjudicated due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The Board is remanding these claims as they involve complex medical issues.,Service connection has not been established for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, left knee disorder, or right knee disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection of left ankle, right knee, and left knee conditions due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The Veteran's representative argued that his bilateral knee conditions are also secondary to a service-connected lumbar spine disability, which was not made in the pre-decisional period.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for a temporary total rating and a 30 percent rating for his left knee TKR, finding that the evidence did not support these requests.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for left and right knee strains due to a lack of an adequate medical opinion in the original decision. The case is being returned to the AOJ for further review.

The Veteran's left knee total replacement is granted an increased rating of 60 percent, but no higher. The extension of a temporary total evaluation based on severe post-operative residuals following left knee TKR is denied.

The Board has granted earlier effective dates of August 8, 2019 for service connection and increased rating for the Veteran's lumbosacral strain, right knee strain with meniscal and anterior cruciate ligament tears, and OSA with asthma. The appeal for a higher evaluation for OSA with asthma was denied.

The Veteran's request for an increased rating for his service-connected right knee osteoarthritis was denied. However, he received a 10 percent rating for limitation of extension and instability of the right knee in the October 2022 decision. The appeal is denied as there are no past-due benefits to award attorney fees.

The appeal seeking service connection for left knee pain, joint pains, and headaches is dismissed.,The cervical spine disability (claimed as neck injury), bilateral elbow pain, and psychiatric disorder are remanded.

The Veteran's migraines are granted with a 30 percent evaluation from May 8, 2021. The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, left ankle strain, right knee pain, and thoracolumbar strain (low back pain).

The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease, right hip osteoarthritis, and right knee degenerative arthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle sprain with degenerative arthritis and left total knee arthroplasty with residual surgical scar associated with left knee patellofemoral syndrome with degenerative joint disease.

The Board has granted service connection for left knee and low back disabilities, but the claim of a compensable rating for foot condition is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for left knee pain, left shoulder pain, lower back pain, and right knee pain on the basis that these conditions began during active service.