Knee Board decisions

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have service connection for several conditions, including low back disability, loss of smell, colon disability, testicle disability, right knee disability, and rib disability. The claims were denied as there is no evidence to support a direct relationship between these disabilities and active military service.

The Veteran's left knee condition was found to have existed pre-service and aggravated by service, warranting service connection.,A 10% rating is granted for the Veteran's left ankle disability due to marked limitation of motion.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and Social Security Administration disability decision records.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a medical examination and consideration of the claim. The Veteran's left knee injury during service is conceded, but there is uncertainty about whether his current knee disorder is related to that injury.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including skin disability, left knee disability (secondary to right knee), low back disability, concussion, and depression. The evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.

The Board found no evidence of a current left knee disorder and denied the claim for service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's pes planus was not aggravated during service and denied his claim for service connection. The knee and back disabilities were also denied as they are not related to active service or a service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee disability is not related to her service and therefore denied her claim for service connection.

The Board found no evidence of a pre-existing bilateral ankle, knee, or hip disability that was aggravated by service. The Veteran's pes planus is not considered to have been permanently worsened during service.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have any chronic lumbar spine, right shoulder or left knee conditions, nor cysts of the lower abdominal wall, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied.

The Veteran's appeal was denied for all issues except gout, which received a 20% disability rating. The remaining conditions were either not granted or had their ratings denied.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination and clarifying whether the Veteran wants a hearing.

The Veteran seeks service connection for various cancers, including prostate cancer, bladder cancer, melanoma under the eye, and Merkel cell carcinoma of the left knee. The claims are being remanded to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether these conditions are related to sun exposure during service.

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

The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied claims of service connection for disabilities of the shoulders and knees, but ultimately denied these claims on the merits.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected conditions do not warrant higher initial ratings for any of his claims.

The Veteran's knee, elbow, and shoulder strains are being remanded for further development to determine if they are related to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for disability of the left lower extremity, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for service-connected degenerative arthritis of the right and left knees were denied. The RO found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating at any point.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a videoconference hearing.