Knee Board decisions

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for low back, right knee, left knee, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction due to incomplete records and need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection and initial ratings for various conditions have been dismissed.,The Veteran's appeal for a TDIU has also been denied.

The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a left knee strain is remanded due to inadequate examination. A new VA examination is required to comply with the requirements set forth by Correia v. McDonald, 28 Vet. App. 158 (2016).

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back disability and a right knee disability as secondary to his service-connected left knee strain. The conditions are considered direct service connections based on evidence of in-service injury and current disabilities.

The Board has denied service connection for a left eye disability and remanded the claims of hypertension and right knee disability due to incomplete development.

The Veteran's bilateral knee and low back conditions have been remanded for further evaluation. The issues of service connection for PTSD, a bilateral foot condition secondary to PTSD, anxiety disorder, and TDIU are also pending.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability from January 19, 2010 to September 14, 2014.

The Board has determined that the VA examiners' opinions are inadequate and additional examinations are needed to determine if the Veteran's left knee, right knee, and bilateral pes planus disabilities are related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, right wrist CTS, left knee arthritis, and right hip arthritis as secondary to a service-connected rhinitis disability.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to August 30, 2016 is granted as his service-connected disabilities meet the schedular criteria and render him unable to engage in substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his left knee disability and determine if there are any flare-ups or functional impairments. The claims will be re-adjudicated after this development.

The Board denied service connection for left knee disability, right knee disability, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension as the evidence did not support a nexus to service.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral arm disorder, neck disorder, osteoarthritis of the right knee, bilateral hearing loss, and headaches. The decision also noted that the Veteran's tinnitus was rated at 10%.

The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and left knee degenerative joint disease, secondary to his service-connected right knee disorder. However, both conditions were denied as service connected.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims to reopen his service connection for right and left knee strains, finding that new evidence did not relate to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claim.

The Veteran's disability rating for left knee instability was reduced from 20% to 0%, effective August 1, 2014. The Board found that the reduction was not proper and restored the 20% rating until December 31, 2015.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is dismissed as moot because she has a combined 100 percent schedular rating for rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions, making her unemployability due to service-connected disabilities moot.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's hip, knee and ankle conditions are secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine condition.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as he failed to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Board denied service connection for right knee, leg, and ankle disabilities due to lack of evidence showing a current disability resulting from an in-service injury or disease. The Veteran's claims were found not credible regarding continuity of symptoms.