Knee Board decisions

The Veteran's left knee disability has been rated based on limitation of motion and instability. The appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral ear disability, tinnitus, sleep disorder, right knee disability, and left knee strain with degenerative arthritis due to incomplete development of records and inadequate medical opinions. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's right knee strain and left knee chondromalacia are service connected. However, the claim for bilateral upper extremity neuropathy is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has determined that the remand directives have not been completed as directed and another remand is necessary to obtain adequate opinions regarding service connection, secondary service connection, and obesity as an intermediate step in the development of left knee disability.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral knee degenerative joint disease (DJD) due to incomplete compliance with prior remand directives and a need for additional opinions.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection of a left knee disorder due to his withdrawal request. The issues of entitlement to service connection for low back, neck, and right shoulder disorders have been remanded.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for additional development due to concerns about the competence of the December 2019 VA examiner and the need to consider the Veteran's self-reported lay histories in providing examination opinions.

The Veteran's bilateral knee, left foot, and nerve conditions are remanded for further examination to determine their etiology.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board denied his claim for TDIU.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for lumbar-spine disorder, right-knee conditions, and left-knee total right-knee replacement due to insufficient examination findings.

The Board has remanded multiple claims for additional development, including those related to the Veteran's low back strain, left knee condition, bilateral pes planus, and left foot pes planus. The effective date for Dependent's Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits is also in dispute.

The Board has remanded the claims for a left knee disorder and TDIU due to insufficient examination reports addressing the Veteran's recurrent pain, and for obtaining SSA earnings statements from 2012 to 2018.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left knee disabilities, as well as his claim for a TDIU. The remand is due to incomplete development of the evidence.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded to allow for additional examinations and consideration of the evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected left ankle, knee, and hip disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, warranting a TDIU effective June 30, 2013.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for sleep apnea and right knee condition, resulting in the dismissal of these claims.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and requests for additional development.

The Veteran's left total knee replacement is rated at 60 percent from September 1, 2021 to July 22, 2022.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbar spine disorder, left knee disorder, and right knee disorder due to new evidence submitted since previous decisions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's sleep disorder, lumbar spine strain, radiculopathy of the lower extremities, left and right knee strains, migraine headaches, other residuals of TBI, and other specified trauma and/or stressor-related disorder may be related to his service in Southwest Asia or secondary to a service-connected disability. The Board has also noted that the Veteran's employment history needs to be verified for the TDIU claim.