Knee Board decisions

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including back disorder, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, and bilateral hearing loss. The decision also includes a request for an initial compensable rating for TBI. Additional examinations are needed to determine if these conditions are related to military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for lumbar spine, right knee, and left knee disabilities due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his bilateral knee disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and assessments.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including scheduling VA examinations and obtaining outstanding VA treatment records. The Veteran's claims of service connection for a left knee disability as secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain are also being addressed.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for PTSD was dismissed. Service connection was granted for obstructive sleep apnea, right knee disorder, and left knee disorder. The claim for gastroesophageal reflux disease is remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various knee and back disabilities, as well as an increased rating for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine. The issues include determining whether these conditions are related to service or secondary to a shortened right leg, and if so, whether they have been aggravated by that condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for PTSD, right carpal tunnel syndrome, and a rating in excess of 10 percent for right shoulder strain. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 60 percent for left TKR is granted from January 23, 2017.

The Veteran withdrew their claim for service connection of a left knee disability before the Board could make a decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of a left knee disability as secondary to his right knee disabilities and denied the claim for an effective date prior to December 13, 2011 for the grant of a separate disability rating for instability of the right knee.

The Board denied service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left knee, lip disorder, and bilateral eye disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Veteran's hypertension is currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The Board has found that she is entitled to this rating based on the use of continuous medication, and no higher. Her knee disabilities are currently rated at noncompensable evaluations.

All appeals regarding service connection for various conditions have been dismissed due to the lack of an adequate substantive appeal.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a left knee disability and an acquired psychiatric disability due to the need for updated treatment records and a VA examination.

The Board has denied service connection for a right testicle condition and remanded the issues of initial compensable rating for left epididymitis, left varicocele, by ultrasound; service connection for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome; service connection for left foot neuropathy; rating in excess of 10 percent for narrowing of L5/S1 by x-ray (claimed as lower back); and service connection for psychiatric disability to include insomnia.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bipolar I disorder, CAD associated with herbicide exposure, and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The claims are being remanded for additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's conditions and his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to insufficient evidence and need further examination.

The Board has remanded four service connection issues: left shoulder, right shoulder, right knee, and left hip disabilities. The remaining issue is the left knee disability.

The Veteran's increased rating claims for various service-connected conditions were denied. A 20% rating was granted for bladder dysfunction.

The Veteran's PFB is rated at 30 percent, but not higher. The rating for his bilateral knee disabilities remains unchanged.