Knee Board decisions

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to determine if any of the Veteran's claimed conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's claims for effective dates, service connection, and ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and examinations.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient rationale in the medical opinions provided. The Veteran's conditions are being requested to be evaluated again with specific attention to his history of gait disturbance.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection for her knee and ankle disorders due to incomplete examination reports and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete discussion of severe painful motion and need for additional examination.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals on the issues of increased evaluations for his left knee disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, finding no evidence of a chronic knee disability in service and insufficient medical nexus to establish a link between current knee problems and service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of records.

The Veteran's left knee cyst is granted service connection, and her instability rating is restored to 10 percent. The limitation of motion rating remains at 10 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right knee strain, prostate cancer, and bilateral hearing loss due to lack of evidence supporting a causal relationship with his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disability, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis is related to an in-service injury and aggravated by his service-connected left foot disability.

The Board denied reopening of claims for urinary incontinence, rectal, bowel or colon disability, bilateral foot disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and left and right thumb disabilities due to lack of new and material evidence. The RO's June 1971 decision granting service connection for chronic anxiety reaction was not found to be clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a secondary service connection opinion for the left knee disability. The Veteran is seeking service connection for her left knee disability as being related to her service-connected hammer toes and pes planus.

The Board has remanded several claims, including those related to polycystic ovary syndrome, right arm disability, right elbow bursitis, chronic otitis externa, duodenal ulcers, and other conditions. The Veteran is also required to submit a completed application for increased compensation based on unemployability (VA Form 21-8940).

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left knee disorders due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology. The Veteran's knee conditions are being reviewed again with a VA examiner.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left knee disorders, as well as right and left shoulder disorders due to incomplete records. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss claim is denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient explanation of a previous VA examiner's findings and new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The case will be reviewed for any current left knee disability, its relationship to service, and whether it is aggravated by another condition.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims, including scheduling VA examinations to determine the etiology of his claimed disabilities and assessing their current severity. The issues are being remanded due to failure to schedule necessary VA examinations.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection. The left and right knee disabilities are remanded for further examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than June 29, 2011, for grant of service connection for left knee strain with DJD and right wrist tenosynovitis with DJD. The issues of an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee strain with DJD and right wrist tenosynovitis with DJD are remanded.