Knee Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's requests to reopen claims for service connection for bipolar disorder, left knee disability, and neck (cervical spine) disability as no new evidence was found to be material.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities as there was no evidence of a relationship between these conditions and his military service or his service-connected bilateral ankle disabilities.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including obtaining treatment records from various sources.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral knee disorder as the medical evidence showed that the veteran's preexisting condition did not undergo a permanent increase in severity during military service.

The appeal was dismissed due to the veteran's death during the course of the appeal.

The veteran's right shoulder tendinitis is rated at 20 percent disabling, and the other conditions are not rated compensably.

The veteran's right knee, left knee, right foot/ankle, chest condition, residuals of a head injury including migraine headaches, and hypertension are not related to his military service.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's right and left knee disabilities, as well as a higher rating for her low back disability. The claim for service connection for left leg radiculopathy was also denied.

The veteran is unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to the severity of his service-connected disabilities, specifically bilateral hearing loss.

The veteran's chronic eczema was rated at 30 percent, and his right and left knee DJD were each rated at 20 percent from February 27, 2007.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a chronic right knee disability for further development, including an examination.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, residuals of a head injury, respiratory disease, bilateral ankle disability, arthritis, right wrist injury, peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and right knee disability.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left knee disorders were remanded to the RO for additional development, including a new VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic arthritis of the right hip, left knee, and coronary artery disease as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's period of active military service.

The appeal is being remanded to obtain additional evidence, including records from the veteran's VA and private treatment providers.

The veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied as the evidence did not support a finding of chronic lumbar strain, or an increase in severity of right knee, left knee, or left hand disorders.

The veteran did not submit a timely appeal of the decision which assigned an initial rating for his left knee disorder, and the Board denied higher ratings for thoracic spine fracture residuals and cervical spine injury residuals.

The appeal is remanded for further development of the evidence before final adjudication.

The veteran's service-connected right knee disorder was denied a rating in excess of 20 percent, as the evidence did not support a higher rating based on limitation of motion or instability.

The veteran's bilateral tinnitus is service-connected, but his claims for bilateral hearing loss and a left knee disorder are denied.