Knee Board decisions

The Veteran's tinnitus and heart disease are granted service connection, while bilateral hearing loss and left knee disability are denied. Hyperlipidemia is not considered a disability for VA purposes.

The Veteran's right knee instability and sprain status post arthroscopy have been rated at 10 percent each. The Board has remanded the case to obtain income information from SSA for the period prior to April 6, 2017.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The right shoulder, low back, left knee, and left ankle disabilities are all found to be related to her service-connected right knee disabilities.,The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The right shoulder, low back, left knee, and left ankle disabilities are all found to be related to her service-connected right knee disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU due to his service-connected left knee disorder is remanded and will be readjudicated after further clarification of the nature of the August 2018 surgery.

The Veteran's left knee disability is rated at 10 percent, and his TDIU claim was denied due to lack of a completed VA Form 21-8940 (TDIU application).

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the Board finds that he is not unemployable solely due to his service-connected conditions.

The Board has denied service connection for the Veteran's lumbar strain and degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine (claimed as lower back condition), right hip osteoarthritis, and right knee condition.,There is no evidence of a nexus between the current conditions and active duty.

The Veteran's left knee and right shoulder disabilities were evaluated, with some granted ratings and others denied. The decision on the right shoulder condition is mixed due to a separate grant for recurrent subluxation.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of current evidence of left elbow, right knee, and left knee disabilities. The issues of entitlement to service connection for respiratory/pulmonary disability are remanded.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right knee disorder. The case will be returned for further development, including a clarification from a VA examiner on the nature and etiology of her right knee disorders.

The Veteran's appeal for automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, or adaptive equipment only is denied due to his service-connected disabilities not meeting the criteria. The claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance/housebound is remanded as VA medical records from November 2015 to the present are needed.

The Board has remanded the claims due to insufficient evidence to determine the severity of the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities during the period on appeal, as well as whether symptoms can be differentiated from his non-service-connected CIDP.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability and a low back disability, finding that the current conditions are not related to service.,There is no evidence of chronicity or continuity of symptoms since service.

The Board has determined that an effective date prior to July 28, 2010 for the grant of service connection for residuals of left tibia stress fracture is denied. The Veteran's claim was not received as a formal or informal claim before this date.

The Board has remanded the case due to an incomplete medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right knee disorder. The examiner was asked to determine if it is at least as likely as not that the condition had its onset during service or is otherwise related to service.

The Veteran's tinnitus and bilateral knee osteoarthritis have been granted service connection. The Board found that the Veteran was exposed to acoustic trauma in service, which caused his current tinnitus. For the knees, the Board determined that the symptoms were chronic during service and continued after service.

The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative spondylosis and denied service connection for right knee disability. The claim for TDIU is remanded.

The Veteran's initial requests for higher ratings for his left and right knee disabilities, migraine headaches, lumbar spine disability, sinusitis, and psychiatric disability have been denied.,For the period prior to May 27, 2021, the Veteran's migraine headaches were rated at 30% effective from September 16, 2013.

The Veteran's right knee arthritis and chondromalacia were rated at 20 percent from May 31, 2011 to July 4, 2013, and at 30 percent from July 5, 2013 to September 17, 2013.,The Veteran's left knee arthritis and chondromalacia were rated at 10 percent prior to January 24, 2018.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbosacral spine residuals of sprain and right knee disability was dismissed. Separate initial ratings were granted for the right knee based on limitation of extension, instability, and symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage.