Knee Board decisions

The Board has determined that the VA examination in November 2019 was inadequate and remanded for an additional examination to determine if the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are related to service.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, ear pain, right knee disability, left knee disability, and lumbar spine disability have been denied as the evidence does not support a finding that these conditions began during service or are otherwise related to service.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a TDIU is remanded due to the need for further development and consideration of whether he was unemployable prior to September 5, 2017.

The Board has dismissed the claims of service connection for a right knee disability and a rating higher than 10 percent for cervical strain with vertebral dislocation and bulge due to lack of development or readjudication by the AOJ.

The Board has dismissed the claims of service connection for a right knee disability and a rating higher than 10 percent for cervical strain with vertebral dislocation and bulge due to lack of development or readjudication by the AOJ.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis, right knee as secondary to left knee replacement due to osteoarthritis should be remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a fall including broken left femur as secondary to his bilateral knee arthritis, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions.

The Board has remanded the service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus (secondary to hearing loss), left hip osteoarthritis, right knee osteoarthritis, and left knee osteoarthritis due to a lack of evidence from Social Security Administration.

The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are rated at 10 percent each, and the Board finds no basis to grant higher ratings based on current evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for right knee osteoarthritis with ACL tears and left knee osteoarthritis with ACL tears, finding that the conditions were diagnosed within one year of separation from service and did not clearly and unmistakably preexist service.

The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate VA examinations and a need for further development, including scheduling new VA examinations.

The Veteran's service connection claims for right knee, left knee, right foot, and left foot disabilities have been denied.,An initial rating of 100 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been granted.

The Board has remanded four issues related to service connection for various disorders, including a right shoulder disorder, low back disorder, right hip condition, and right knee disorder. The decision also mentions the need for addendum opinions regarding secondary causation.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disorder and left knee disorder were not found to be related to service, leading to a denial of the claims.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left knee and right hip disabilities due to inadequate opinions regarding whether these conditions are proximately due or aggravated by service-connected right knee disabilities.

An earlier effective date of December 23, 2013 for the grant of service connection for a right knee scar is granted.,Entitlement to an initial rating of 70 percent for bipolar disorder prior to March 4, 2009 is granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, thus his TDIU claim is denied.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings of his service-connected left and right knee disabilities, as well as the issue of TDIU, are being remanded due to inadequacies in previous examinations.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not significantly impair his ability to obtain or sustain gainful employment prior to July 17, 2015. The Board denied the claim for TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's left distal tibia and fibula fracture was rated at 20 percent from October 25, 2012 to November 27, 2016.,Since February 2, 2018, the Veteran has been rated at 30 percent for his left total knee arthroplasty. The Board found that a higher 60 percent rating is warranted based on severe painful motion or weakness in the affected extremity.