Knee Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for her service-connected left knee strain, right knee status post synovectomy and degenerative spur at superior patella, left knee instability, right knee instability, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The remand requires additional development including new VA examinations to assess the severity of these disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral knee and hip disabilities, including radiculopathy, due to insufficient VA examination opinions addressing causation and aggravation.

All issues related to service connection have been either granted in full or finally denied by the Board without subsequent appeal.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete examination and a need for further medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability and his left knee osteoarthritis.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinion regarding the etiology of any current right knee disorder and its relationship with the service-connected injured nerve, status post left knee surgery, and resulting scar residuals.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbar spine, left hip, right hip, right knee, left knee, and shoulder disabilities have been remanded due to the need for additional examinations.,New evidence has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbar spine and left hip disabilities.

The Veteran requested withdrawal of his claims for increased rating for left knee bursitis and service connection for sleep apnea, GERD, headaches, and sacral radiculopathy. The Board dismissed these claims as the appellant has withdrawn them.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for retropatellar pain syndrome, left and right knees are being remanded due to the need for a VA examination to comply with the October 2022 Board remand directives.

The Board denied service connection for low back disability and right knee osteoarthritis, finding that the evidence did not support a link to active service.

The Board denied reopening of service connection for a Baker's cyst right knee due to lack of new and material evidence, as the submitted evidence did not show that the right knee Baker's cyst was incurred in or otherwise caused by active service.

The Veteran's right knee instability is rated at 30 percent from June 11, 2010 to October 29, 2014. The claim for service connection of left knee impairment and TDIU are remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to new evidence submitted, and requests additional VA medical opinions regarding the relationship between his current back condition and bilateral knee conditions and his service-connected bilateral callouses and hallux valgus disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's appeal must be remanded due to procedural issues, specifically regarding the submission of a Notice of Disagreement form. The case will be returned to the RO for issuance of an SOC and for the Veteran to file a timely substantive appeal if he wishes to continue his appeal under the legacy appeals system.

The Board denied service connection for right knee disorder, dizziness, migraine disorder, and brain disorder (claimed as white fluid around brain cells with increased lesions) because the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active-duty service.,Service connection was also denied on a secondary basis.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his service-connected right knee osteochondroma and osteoarthritis prior to March 4, 2009 are remanded due to the need for further examination and evaluation.

The Veteran's knee and ankle conditions are being remanded for a new VA examination to determine if they are related to his service-connected bilateral flat foot with plantar fasciitis.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a back condition and left knee condition due to inadequate factual basis in previous VA opinions, and failure to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding continued pain since service.

The Veteran's right knee disability was granted service connection effective January 27, 2016. The low back disability was also granted service connection effective January 27, 2016. The left knee disability received a rating of 10 percent and an effective date of March 31, 2015.

The Veteran is granted a 60 percent evaluation for his post-operative right total knee arthroplasty prior to October 27, 2017.

The Veteran's left and right knee disabilities are granted service connection, but the claim for hypertension is remanded due to inadequate medical opinion. The back disability claim is also remanded.