Knee Board decisions

The Board found that the Veteran's right knee disability did not have onset prior to or during service and is not otherwise related to service, thus denying the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's right knee disability, postoperative total replacement with fibrous ankylosis, was found to not warrant a higher evaluation prior to February 19, 2010. Since then, the disability has been rated at 60 percent.

The Board denied reopening of the claims for low back, right knee, and left knee disabilities due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for entitlement to specially adapted housing due to loss or use of both lower extremities, blindness in both eyes, or loss of use of both upper extremities as to preclude locomotion.

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The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a separate, 10 percent disability rating for limitation of flexion of left knee due to DJD was granted. The effective date is set at March 22, 2006.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and hypertension are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining private medical records and providing an adequate VA examination.

The Veteran's traumatic arthritis of the left knee is found to be service-connected due to a shrapnel wound. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD and depression) has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for various musculoskeletal conditions, including heart disease and arthritis in multiple joints. The appeal will be remanded to allow for additional examinations and opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current degenerative joint disease of the left knee is at least as likely as not related to his in-service parachute jump injury, and thus service connection for this disability is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right leg disorder was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a VA examination to evaluate the Veteran's left knee disability and determine if it was aggravated during service.

The Veteran's left knee disability, including arthritis and a meniscus tear, has been rated at 10 percent since October 2006. The Board finds that the current rating is appropriate as there are no findings of subluxation or lateral instability warranting a higher rating.

The Veteran's left knee disability, diagnosed as DJD, is currently rated at 10 percent and the evidence does not support a higher rating.

The Board found that the Veteran's left knee disorder did not meet the criteria for service connection as a presumptive undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness, and thus denied service connection. The Board also noted that there was no evidence of an in-service injury to the left knee.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain VA treatment records from 1995-2002 and Social Security Administration records. The case will be reviewed again after these records are obtained.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the onset and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions, specifically left knee pain and low back pain.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and arthritis in the knees.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected bilateral knee chondromalacia.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA examiner to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's right knee disability is at least as likely as not aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.