Knee Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with depression, left knee degenerative joint disease, and pseudofolliculitis barbae based on the evidence supporting a nexus to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's left knee disability and denied a compensable rating for his left leg scars.

The Board denied increased ratings for radiculopathy in the right and left lower extremities, a compensable rating for a scar from left knee surgery, and earlier effective dates for service connection of various conditions. However, it granted a 30 percent rating for left femoral nerve radiculopathy starting June 16, 2021, and an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve) from November 7, 2018.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis with gout and right knee condition as the appellant withdrew his claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right shoulder, lumbosacral strain, and bilateral knee disabilities as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence of current disabilities or functional impairment.

The Board granted service connection for a left elbow condition, a left knee condition, and an increased initial disability evaluation of 20 percent for marked limitation of motion of the left ankle, effective March 4, 2021.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right knee disabilities but granted a separate 10 percent rating for symptomatic residuals of a right knee meniscectomy.

The Board remands the claims for additional development, including obtaining a new VA examination to address the inadequacies of previous examinations and obtain any relevant private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder strain, rhinitis, sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. However, it granted service connection for left knee strain as secondary to the service-connected right knee strain.

The Board granted service connection for a scar on the left elbow and remanded claims for irritable bowel syndrome, upper back/neck disorder, low back disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, right hand disorder, and left hand disorder.

The Board granted service connection for right knee strain, sinusitis, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to fine particulate matter during Persian Gulf War service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder, right knee, left knee, and right foot disabilities as well as a TDIU due to pre-decisional errors in the VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for left sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, left and right knee disabilities, and right ankle disability to obtain new examinations that do not consider the ameliorative effects of medications.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for increased ratings for knee and low back disabilities, as well as a total disability rating due to individual unemployability.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee instability from August 12, 2008 to November 3, 2013 and denied higher ratings for the left quadriceps muscle injury with left knee tendon repair and degenerative arthritis.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 20 percent for moderate right knee instability but not higher.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including updated VA examinations to address the etiology and severity of the Veteran's conditions.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for further development to obtain a medical opinion on the severity of his left knee disability without the ameliorative effects of medications.

The Board remands the claims for further development, specifically to obtain addendum opinions regarding the Veteran's right ankle, left thigh, and bilateral knee disabilities.