Knee Board decisions

The Board has remanded three issues: service connection for low back and left knee disabilities secondary to service-connected right ankle, left ankle, and right knee degenerative joint disease; an increased rating for the Veteran's right ankle disability; and entitlement to TDIU. The remand requests a new VA examination and medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's antalgic gait and its relationship to his low back and left knee disabilities.

The Board has denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for chondromalacia of the right knee and has remanded the issue of service connection for a right shoulder condition.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for a bilateral knee disorder, hearing loss, and tinnitus were denied in the July 2010 rating decision. The Board found that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen these claims.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including hearing loss, AL amyloidosis, diabetes mellitus type II, Parkinson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, right knee disability, and left knee disability. The Veteran is also being asked to provide updated VA records for his hearing loss claim.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right leg fracture due to a motor vehicle accident (MVA), as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability, needs further examination and evaluation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral knee disability and other health issues. The decision also denied reopening of a claim for a bilateral knee disability.

The Veteran's left ankle and left knee disabilities are rated at 20 percent each, effective from the date of this decision.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional examination and clarification of functional loss during flare-ups.

The appeal is remanded for further development regarding the service connection claims for bilateral knee disability and sleep disorder.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of right knee and back conditions due to the death of the appellant.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's joint, muscle, weight gain, memory loss, and stomach disabilities are not service-connected due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for right knee DJD and anxiety disorder NOS and PTSD, finding that the current conditions are not related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection of a back disability, bilateral knee disability, great right toe disability, and migraine headaches. The claims are remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations to address the etiology of these disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral knee disability, as well as higher ratings for the Veteran's left foot status post bunionectomy and right foot hallux valgus. The Veteran failed to report for VA examinations scheduled in April and May 2017 without good cause.

The Veteran's internal derangement status post-surgical repair with scar and osteoarthritis, left knee is rated at 30 percent effective April 22, 2016. The right knee strain, status post meniscectomy with chondrocalcinosis, degenerative joint disease is rated at 30 percent effective April 22, 2016.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities and major depressive disorder are being remanded due to the need for more contemporaneous examinations.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is rated as noncompensable, and his TDIU claim from October 11, 2012 to July 12, 2017 was denied due to lack of evidence showing he is unemployable because of service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for his right knee disability is being remanded due to the inadequacy of the January 2018 VA examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension, tinnitus, and LBBB. The Veteran's claim for left knee and right knee disabilities is also remanded. The effective date of the increased rating for LBBB remains August 28, 2014.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral knee disability and heart disorder to the AOJ for further development.,The Veteran's claim for secondary service connection of a heart disorder is also remanded. The AOJ must issue an SOC regarding whether the January 1960 rating decision was based on CUE.,The Board has again remanded the matter related to the January 1960 rating decision that denied service connection for a brain concussion and heart disease on the basis of CUE.