Knee Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further examination and development of his claims for secondary service connection to the right knee disability.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and a left knee disability. The Veteran asserts that his service-connected right knee disability caused or aggravated these conditions.

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

The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back and bilateral knee disabilities are not attributable to service, and therefore denied these claims.

The Veteran's left knee disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by service. The Board denied the claim for direct service connection and also found that there is no evidence to support a secondary service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current right knee disability is related to service or secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to failure to provide proper VCAA notice.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities. The issues include service connection for flat feet, jungle rot of the feet, bilateral knee disability, and back disability.

The Board found that the Veteran's left shoulder and left knee disorders are not related to his service-connected right shoulder and right knee disorders.

The Veteran's service-connected right knee disability is rated at 10 percent, and he was granted a separate 10 percent evaluation for his degenerative joint disease. Service connection for trochanteric bursitis of the right hip and left hip pain were also granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and adjudication due to inconsistencies in the examination reports and the need for additional medical opinions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a service-connected spinal cord injury, bilateral knee disorder, or bilateral leg disorder. The claims are denied.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection of arteriosclerotic heart disease and left knee degenerative joint disease, as well as his request for a higher disability evaluation for left knee arthritis. The character of discharge from his second term of service was found to be a bar to VA benefits.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA outpatient treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for an examination to determine the current nature and extent of his bilateral knee disabilities.

The Veteran's claims are being remanded due to additional evidence added to the record and a need for further VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further examination and evaluation of his left knee disability, which includes instability and arthritis with slight loss of range of motion. The case will be returned to the Board after additional development.

The Veteran's sinusitis with allergic rhinitis is manifested by an absence of greater than 50-percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction of one nasal passage, and he has no polyps. He has non-incapacitating episodes of sinusitis characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge. The criteria for a 10 percent rating are met.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to incomplete records and further examination.

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

The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted, and he was assigned a rating of 30 percent for his PTSD. The Board also found that the Veteran did not have sleep apnea or hepatitis C due to service, but he does have tinnitus, headaches, anxiety disorder, depression disorder, lower back disorder, upper back disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral hand disorders related to service.