Knee Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's employability and his ability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities. The case will be returned for further development, including an examination of the Veteran's mental health and cognitive abilities.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not currently have a right knee disability and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.

The Board has denied reopening the claims for service connection of left knee, neck and low back disabilities due to lack of new and material evidence. The case is remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disorder, finding that the Veteran's current arthritis is not related to his military service.

The Veteran's left knee strain is currently rated at 10 percent, and the evidence does not support a higher rating based on additional functional loss or other criteria.

The Board has denied service connection for various hip, knee, shoulder, and sleep apnea disabilities as the evidence does not support a finding that any current disability is related to service.

The Veteran's right hand disorder is currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The Board has denied a higher rating for his right hand condition. For the right knee, he was granted a 20 percent rating prior to June 1, 2017, and remains at that level thereafter. He is not entitled to an increased rating beyond 10 percent for limitation of motion due to degenerative arthritis with chondrocalcinosis of the menisci in his left knee. The Veteran's claims for service connection related to PTSD are remanded.

The Board found that the overpayment of VA disability compensation benefits resulting from the Veteran's incarceration for a felony was not properly created, and thus granted the appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities, as well as his claim for an increased rating for chronic sphenoid sinusitis. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current bilateral knee disabilities or chronic sphenoid sinusitis to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee condition, and headaches due to inadequate examination reports.

The Veteran's claims for a clothing allowance for braces and medication used due to her service-connected disabilities are being remanded for additional development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right and left knee DJD, as well as his TDIU claim prior to February 2, 2017. The claims are being remanded due to inadequate range of motion testing in previous examinations.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for left and right knee pain, as well as the reopening of service connection claims for torn left ankle ligament and residuals from a right ankle fracture due to incomplete service treatment records. The Veteran's complete medical records are requested.

Your left knee disability, including instability and arthritis with painful flexion, is rated at 30% effective November 9, 2010. Your left olecranon (elbow) disability is rated at 20% effective May 16, 2008.,The Board has remanded your claims for service connection for right shoulder, low back, and right ankle disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability and genital herpes due to additional development of his medical records.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for the left knee post-operative residuals of an injury to the left meniscus, finding that the symptomatology did not more nearly approximate severe subluxation or instability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral knee and hip disorders as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected multilevel degenerative joint disease of the spine, finding that there was no evidence supporting a link between these conditions and her back disability.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability and hypertension, finding that the conditions did not manifest to a compensable degree within the applicable presumptive period or continuity of symptomatology was not established. The Veteran's current disabilities are considered to be due to his civilian occupation as a corrections officer.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder is granted as service connected. Service connection for cervical spine, lumbar spine, right shoulder, left knee, and right knee disorders are restored due to improper severance of service connection.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment, thus warranting a TDIU rating. The increased rating claim for the right tibia and fibula fracture is remanded.