Knee Board decisions

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right knee strain and degenerative changes are proximately due to her service-connected chondromalacia patella of the left knee and service-connected radiculopathy of each lower extremity, thus granting service connection for these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and VA treatment records. The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability and allergic rhinitis are being reviewed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current low back and left knee disabilities did not have onset in service or are not related to his active military service, including his service-connected bilateral pes planus and residual cold injury to the bilateral upper and lower extremities. The evidence does not support a finding of secondary service connection.

The Veteran's right knee arthritis, characterized by pain and joint effusion with non-compensable limitation of motion, was found to warrant a 10 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5257 for slight recurrent subluxation or lateral instability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for separate evaluations based on instability of his service-connected right and left knee degenerative arthritis, finding that there was no evidence of recurrent subluxation or lateral instability.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent her from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation based on her education and work experience prior to August 13, 2009.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is denied as he has been gainfully employed since November 1994 and his employment does not meet the criteria for marginal employment.

The Veteran is entitled to a TDIU rating on an extraschedular basis effective from April 27, 2006 due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and SSA disability determination records. The issue of service connection for a left knee disorder will be reconsidered after the completion of this development.

The Veteran's appeals are based on three different rating decisions. The Board is remanding the case for scheduling a Travel Board hearing to address his claims.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and granted it. The Veteran's bilateral knee degenerative joint disease is found to be related to his period of active duty service.

The Board has ordered the case back to the AOJ for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination. The issues of whether the reduction in rating was proper and entitlement to an increased evaluation will be reconsidered after this process.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss claim is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability for VA purposes.,Service connection granted for bilateral foot and knee disabilities, with the latter being secondary to the former.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability rating and service connection were denied. The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis is rated appropriately at 10 percent, his bilateral knee disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and his back disorder is not related to a service-connected disease or injury.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing a VA examination to address the etiology of the appellant's low back disorder and left knee disorder.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee condition is related to service and grants service connection for this disability.

The Veteran's service-connected right and left knee disorders have been rated at 10 percent each, with the Board finding that his symptoms warrant this evaluation throughout the appeal period.

The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities were not sufficiently severe prior to October 27, 2014, to render him unemployable. The evidence showed he was able to perform sedentary work due to both his service-connected and non-service connected conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new examination regarding his right knee disability and scheduling of a videoconference hearing.

The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities have been rated at the minimum compensable level due to pain, but do not meet higher schedular criteria. The Veteran is entitled to separate ratings for his meniscus disabilities.