Knee Board decisions

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for low back disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and acquired psychiatric disability (anxiety disorder).

Your appeals for service connection for right and left knee disabilities have been resolved. You were awarded service connection for these conditions in September and October 2022.

The Board has remanded the cases of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and right knee disability for further development, including obtaining an addendum opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for recurrent hip, knee, and lumbar spine disabilities is granted. Service connection for COPD is also granted due to environmental toxin exposure in Southwest Asia. The right hip disability claim has been reopened, but further evidence is needed regarding the treatment received during active service.

The Board has denied service connection for various ankle, knee, leg, hip, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and arm disabilities on the grounds that there is no evidence of their onset in service or a relationship to any service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right knee, left knee, low back, and right elbow conditions due to insufficient evidence of a nexus between these conditions and active service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of low back, left knee, and right knee disabilities due to a lack of medical evidence linking these conditions to her active duty service.,Service connection was also not granted for residuals of gall bladder removal and allergic rhinitis.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a right elbow condition, left knee condition, and lower back condition due to procedural issues.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to issues with the initial disability rating for tinea pedis with onychomycosis, and service connection decisions for right knee disorder, low back disorder, left knee disorder, and left ankle disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for left and right knee disabilities, as well as remanded the claims for low back, neck, and right ankle disabilities.

The Board has granted service connection for right knee and back disabilities, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for right and left knee disabilities due to a lack of recent VA examination, which could indicate worsening of his conditions. Further development is needed.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for his right knee degenerative arthritis with chondromalacia, status post complex tear of the lateral meniscus, based on limitation of flexion and extension, or for instability. He also did not meet the criteria for separate ratings for meniscal pathology or instability.

The Veteran's service-connected left knee and lumbar spine disabilities did not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to February 1, 2012. Therefore, the Board denied his claim for TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to April 13, 2018.

The Veteran's bilateral pes planus claim was dismissed as it had been fully granted in a prior rating decision. The right knee, radiculopathy, and ankle disabilities were denied due to lack of service connection or aggravation by service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right ankle and right knee conditions due to inadequate VA examinations and the need to obtain additional private treatment records.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral foot disability, left toe disability, right toe disability, hip disabilities, and knee disabilities. The decision is based on the Veteran's lay statements of in-service injury and continued symptoms since service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for various disabilities, including PTSD and depressive disorder, has been reopened. The Board finds that new evidence supports reopening the claim but remands the case to obtain additional records and provide medical opinions on the issues of service connection.

Your claim for service connection for a back disability is being remanded because we need to obtain your Social Security Administration records and you have not completed the necessary forms.,Your claims for service connection for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity are also being remanded due to incomplete forms. We need you to complete and return VA Forms 21-8940 and 21-4192.,Your TDIU claim is being remanded because we need you to cooperate in obtaining evidence needed to adjudicate your claims, including completing the necessary forms.