Knee Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The issues of service connection for left and right knee disorders, reflux disorder, and chest pain are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and opinions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of her disabilities.

The Board has ordered the Veteran to be examined for her left knee disabilities and remanded the TDIU claim due to the need for additional development regarding her right and left knee conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a right foot disability and left below knee amputation, both claimed as secondary to end stage renal disease or hypertension. The evidence did not support the claim that these disabilities were related to service.

The appeal pertaining to the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee patellofemoral syndrome is dismissed.,Service connection for a right ankle disorder is denied.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for knee disabilities due to conflicting or incomplete information from a recent examination. Additional examinations are needed to provide clearer and more consistent information on the Veteran’s disability picture.

The Board has already decided that a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected DJD of the right knee is not warranted, and thus dismissed the claim as moot.

The Board has remanded the claims for a bilateral hand disability, low back disability, and bilateral knee disability due to additional development being required.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability and left knee disability due to inadequate consideration of all relevant evidence, including lay assertions. The claims will be returned to the AOJ for further development.

The Veteran's initial 50 percent rating for right knee DJD limitation of extension is granted, and higher ratings for instability are denied. The claim for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome remains on appeal.

The Veteran's initial ratings for degenerative arthritis of the right and left knees have been denied as they do not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been shown to prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment since October 1, 2014. The Board has granted a TDIU effective October 1, 2014.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for the following reasons: missing SSA records related to PTSD, and additional records are needed from VAMC.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to scheduling errors in VA examinations.

The Board dismissed all service connection claims for degenerative arthritis of various joints as the Veteran died during the appeal process.

The Board denied service connection for left hip, right hip, and back disabilities. However, it granted service connection for a left knee disability that is not directly related to service but was caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability.,Service connection for bilateral hips and back disabilities were not established as they are not linked to active duty service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection related to allergies, right-hand disability, left-hand disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right ankle disability, and left ankle disability are remanded due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran will be afforded VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all conditions currently on appeal, including shoulder strain, neck condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left hand condition, right hand condition, fatigue, and stomach condition/diarrhea.

The Veteran's low back disability is granted as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability. His left knee disability is granted a 20% rating, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, right knee condition, left knee condition, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities as they are not related to service or service-connected conditions.