Knee Board decisions

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a left knee disorder and finds that it was aggravated by active service. The appellant is now entitled to a 100% rating.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims of service connection for right and left knee disabilities need further examination and evaluation, as the current VA examination did not consider his reported symptoms during service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA medical opinions and scheduling the Veteran for appropriate examinations to assess his cervical spine and bilateral knee disabilities, as well as the severity of his service-connected lumbosacral strain with DJD.

The Veteran's service-connected left knee chondromalacia is rated at 10 percent, effective from the date of the decision.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his left knee disability.

The Veteran has withdrawn all issues currently under appeal.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left knee degenerative joint disease. The claim will be reconsidered with a new VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, alone, were not of such severity as to have rendered him so helpless as to require the regular A&A of another person. The claim for specially adapted housing is dismissed as moot due to his death.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for clarification regarding additional limitation of motion and instability during flare-ups. The Veteran will be provided a new examination to address these issues.

The Veteran's complaints of pain in the bilateral hands, elbows, hips, and knees have not been associated with any underlying diagnoses and are not otherwise accompanied by objective indications of qualifying chronic disabilities.,Folliculitis was incurred while on active duty service.

The Veteran's service-connected right knee disability has been rated at 20 percent since the appeal period began, and there is no evidence of additional impairment warranting a higher rating.

The Veteran's service-connected shrapnel wound to the left thigh is shown to be productive of a disability picture manifested by osteoarthritis of the left knee involving pain and limitation of motion. A separate 10 percent evaluation for this condition has been granted.

The Board finds that the Veteran's right knee disability is due to his military service, while his left knee condition does not appear to be related to any disease or injury in service.

The Veteran's left knee disorder, including chondromalacia patella, meniscal tear and cyst, is being remanded for a new medical opinion to determine if it is caused or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for asthma, migraine headaches, left knee arthritis, right knee arthritis, and TMJ syndrome. Service connection is granted for all conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder disability was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability. The Board found that the March 2007 VA examination report was inadequate and another examination is necessary.

The Veteran's current left knee disability is not related to his military service, and the Board finds that there is no competent medical evidence or opinion linking the condition to any in-service event or injury.

The Board finds that the Veteran sustained a right knee injury during ACDUTRA in October 1989 and grants service connection for her right knee disability.

The Veteran's request to appeal the esophageal cancer claim has been withdrawn, and thus the issue is dismissed.

The Board has granted a reduction in the evaluation of the right knee cruciate ligament insufficiency from 30 percent to 10 percent, effective February 1, 2010. The Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee arthritis is reopened based on new evidence provided by his doctor.