Knee Board decisions

The Veteran is granted a temporary total rating for three months based on his service-connected right knee strain and medial meniscectomy following surgery, with the condition that he must return to work after convalescence.

The Board has remanded the claims due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated medical records and examinations.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination regarding his left knee disability, as the previous one was inadequate. The examiner must consider the Veteran's in-service injury and current medical records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee, right ankle, lumbar spine DJD, left knee DJD, right hip condition, and residuals of a left pelvis fracture are caused by his service-connected residuals of a right foot fracture.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his lumbar strain, left knee disability, and left hip dislocation have been granted. He is currently in receipt of a 10 percent rating for each condition.

The Veteran's right knee disability has been evaluated as 10 percent disabling based on cartilage, semilunar, removal of symptomatic. A separate 10 percent rating is granted for arthritis with painful motion.

The Veteran's appeal of the left knee disorder claim has been withdrawn, and thus this issue is dismissed. The right knee disability rating claim remains in appellate status.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee disorders, residuals of a left wrist injury, and psychiatric disorder have been denied as there is no evidence to support these claims.

The Board found that the Veteran's back and left knee conditions were not incurred or aggravated by service, nor are they related to her service-connected right ankle condition. The evidence did not support a finding of secondary service connection for the left knee condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right knee disorder, and left knee disorder are not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected DDD of the lumbar spine.,Service connection for these conditions is therefore denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if the Veteran's left knee disability is related to service or secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.

The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities have not met the criteria for a higher rating under applicable diagnostic codes.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher evaluations or service connection.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment since July 1, 2013.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete compliance with a previous remand directive and failure to obtain medical records from Carraway Methodist Medical Center. The Veteran's claims for service connection are pending.

Since January 31, 2017, the Veteran's left knee disability is manifested by limitation of flexion to at least 30 degrees and warrants a rating of 20 percent.,Since July 19, 2011, the Veteran's symptomatic residuals from his meniscectomy are manifested by swelling, popping, and locking and warrant a separate rating of 10 percent.

The Veteran's left knee disability is not service-connected.,The cause of the Veteran's death is not service-connected.,Nonservice-connected death pension benefits are denied.,Burial benefits are not available due to lack of next of kin or sufficient resources.

The Veteran's claims for service connection, increased ratings, and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development including VA examinations.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and arranging for an orthopedic examination of his bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic right tibia osteomyelitis and found that new and material evidence has been received. However, it denied service connection on the grounds that the pre-existing condition did not aggravate during service.