Knee Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability and bilateral hearing loss, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for a right knee disability and hearing loss to the RO for further development, including obtaining additional medical evidence and scheduling examinations.

The veteran's chondromalacia patella with degenerative joint disease of each knee was denied an evaluation in excess of 10 percent disabling.

The appeal is remanded to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC) in Washington, DC, for the purpose of scheduling a Travel Board hearing.

The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable disability rating for left and right knee patellofemoral syndrome to obtain additional evidence, including VA medical records and a new VA examination.

The veteran's left knee range of motion is limited to, at most, 110 degrees of flexion and 0 degrees of extension. The criteria for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for patellofemoral arthritis, left knee, have not been met.

The Board remanded the matter to afford the veteran an opportunity for a hearing and to obtain additional evidence, including service personnel records and verification of any periods of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA.

The Board found that the earliest possible effective date for the grant of service connection for mechanical low back pain, instability of the right knee, and instability of the left knee is November 18, 1997.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability, left knee disability, and bilateral hearing loss as the conditions were not shown to be related to the veteran's military service.

The veteran was granted a separate 20 percent rating for right knee dislocation of the semilunar cartilage, effective December 1, 2003.

The veteran's post-operative residuals of a partial right knee patellectomy were determined not to be aggravated by military service, and therefore, service connection was denied.

The veteran's scar, right foot, was granted a 10 percent evaluation due to pain on palpation.

The veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board could make a decision.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for a right knee disability, right ankle disability, left knee disability (secondary to right knee), and lung scarring due to exposure to asbestos.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable evaluation of the right knee to obtain additional evidence, including updated medical records and a new VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a back disorder, bilateral knee disorder, and headaches as they were not related to the veteran's active military service. The effective date of October 15, 1996, for the grant of service connection for PTSD was upheld.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for DDD with chronic low back pain and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for DJD of the left knee, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings under applicable criteria.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, alcohol dependence, substance-induced mood disorder and opiate and benzodiazepine abuse, right knee condition, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity (claimed as a right leg condition), stomach condition, and residuals of tinea pedis treatment (claimed as jungle rot of the feet) were denied.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for post operative residuals of right anterior cruciate ligament repair was denied, but he was granted a separate 30 percent evaluation for ACL deficiency with instability and recurrent buckling effective March 14, 2007.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claims of service connection for a low back disability, bilateral knee disability, scars of the right eyelid and forehead, and right eye injury. However, it was found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for headaches.