Knee Board decisions

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for a right knee disability prior to October 1, 2018 and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to August 28, 2017 for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee condition and a right knee condition, to include as secondary to a left knee condition, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's current knee conditions and his military service or any service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for right and left knee disabilities to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's left knee laxity is related to his service-connected disabilities, and whether the bilateral knee disabilities result in symptoms functionally equivalent to ankylosis.

The Board remands the claims for further development and re-adjudication as the previous VA examinations did not substantially comply with the remand directives.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including fibromyalgia and musculoskeletal conditions of the back, elbows, knees, and feet, due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back and right knee disorder due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for insomnia disorder and service connection for right knee strain and left knee strain, both secondary to a service-connected left foot disability.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 13, 2021, for the award of service connection for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Board denied restoration of separate ratings for left and right knee limitation of flexion, finding that the grant of service connection was clear and unmistakable error due to impermissible pyramiding.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for increased ratings and additional service connection were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for a right knee rating, PTSD with substance and alcohol dependence, and left knee arthralgia to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for a right knee rating, PTSD with substance and alcohol dependence, and left knee arthralgia to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for a right knee rating, PTSD with substance and alcohol dependence, and left knee arthralgia to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for obesity and denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection and ratings for posttraumatic stress disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, delusional disorder paranoid type, left shoulder bicipital tendonitis status post left shoulder slap bicep tendonitis (non-dominant), and left knee strain. However, it granted an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for left knee strain.

The Board granted a separate 20 percent rating, but not higher, for left knee disability, dislocated semilunar cartilage.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating of the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability and entitlement to TDIU due to an inadequate VA examination report.

The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to ensure an adequate evaluation of the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for left knee degenerative arthritis and scars, denied a higher rating for the same conditions, granted a separate disability rating for instability, and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted it for tinnitus.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD with TBI, a separate rating for TBI, and an increased rating for right foot strain and right knee tendinitis. However, the Veteran was granted a separate disability rating for headaches as a residual of TBI.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability and left knee disability to obtain additional medical opinions.