Knee Board decisions

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence in the record, including missing service treatment records. The Veteran's conditions are being reviewed again with additional medical opinions based on all available information.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder and right knee disabilities due to incomplete development, including scheduling of a VA examination. The Veteran was not provided with proper notice regarding the scheduled examinations.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional retrospective opinions regarding functional loss and flare-ups of his scoliosis, right knee disability, and allergic rhinitis.

Your appeals for service connection for back pain, neck pain, right knee and leg, left knee pain, and headaches have been dismissed due to your withdrawal of the appeal.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for post-operative residuals of a right knee injury with degenerative changes has been dismissed due to the appellant withdrawing the appeal.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, varicose veins, left knee disability, right knee disability, low back disability, sciatica, left, and sciatica, right due to procedural issues.

The Board has remanded several claims for service connection due to the Veteran's failure to provide sufficient medical records and because of inadequacies in previous examination opinions. The claims include psychiatric disorders, cervical spine disorders, hand disorders, ankle disorders, knee disorders, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as his conditions did not meet the criteria for higher disability ratings under applicable VA rating criteria.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee disability is not service-connected as it did not manifest within one year of separation from active duty and there is no evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee chondromalacia patella/patellofemoral malalignment and entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to scheduling issues with a VA examination.

The Board has determined that additional evidence was submitted and requires further review by the AOJ before a final decision can be made.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disorder, right knee disorder, and low back disorder have been granted. The diagnoses are related to active service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for thoracolumbar spine disorder, left knee disorder, and right knee disorder due to insufficient evidence in the record.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and the need for VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete development of records from Landstuhl Army Hospital and additional consideration of evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new and material evidence having been presented. The right knee disability claim is being remanded for further examination, while the TBI claim remains denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left knee condition, finding that there is no evidence linking his current disability to his active duty service.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development to obtain medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's current diagnoses of Traumatic Brain Injury and Right Knee Disorder are etiologically related to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment since September 12, 2008.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of the temporary total disability rating is remanded due to a failure to develop his claim for the period prior to September 26, 2017.