Knee Board decisions

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional medical records and possibly a new examination due to the veteran's reported knee replacement surgery.

The Board denied service connection for right knee, left knee, and back disabilities as they were not attributable to service or a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for arthritis of the knees, elbows, and ankles to afford the Veteran a VA examination.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee disorders were denied, while an initial evaluation of 10 percent was granted for lumbar strain.

The Veteran's service-connected right knee impairment of tibia is rated at 20 percent, and the Board found that a higher rating was not warranted.

The Veteran is entitled to a higher level of SMC compensation at a rate authorized pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(m), plus an intermediate level authorized under 38 C.F.R. § 3.350(f)(3).

The Board denied increased initial evaluations for various service-connected disabilities, except for a 20 percent evaluation for limitation of pronation of the left (major) elbow and an increased evaluation from 10 percent to 20 percent for shell fragment wounds, right (minor) forearm.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability, left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, myopia, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for bilateral knee pain, left wrist pain and atypical chest pain.

The claim for service connection for residuals of a left shoulder/arm injury was reopened, but denied. The claims for service connection for a right knee disorder were also denied.

The Board denied service connection for nocturnal paresthesias of the upper extremities, stiffness and soreness of both knees, ankles, and feet, chest pain, a lymph node on the right side of the throat, nasal infection, and weight gain as due to undiagnosed illness or other qualifying chronic disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for chondromalacia of the left knee and service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, finding no evidence supporting an increased rating or a link to service.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder and left knee disability as they were not related to the Veteran's service or to his service-connected chronic lumbar strain with degenerative joint disease and spinal stenosis.

The Board denied an increased rating for the service-connected left knee strain and lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain with radiculopathy, and denied initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for right knee arthritis and instability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral knee disability and lumbar spine disability, but found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen his claim for a left wrist disability.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his left knee, varicose veins of the left leg, and right knee disabilities were denied as the evidence did not support higher ratings.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and obtain updated treatment records.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased evaluation of degenerative joint disease of the left knee, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.

The Veteran's postoperative residuals of a left knee injury are manifested by complaints of pain and episodes of locking, with objective findings of pain with motion, tenderness, joint effusion, mild crepitus, and use of a brace. There is no evidence of ankylosis, subluxation, or lateral instability.