Knee Board decisions

The veteran's claim for service connection for various conditions due to exposure to ionizing radiation is being remanded for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right knee, left knee, and scoliosis of the thoracic spine.

The VA denied an increased rating for service-connected arthritis of the right knee, currently evaluated at 10 percent.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disorder and found that new and material evidence had been received. The claims for service connection for thickened toenails and insomnia are being remanded.

The Board found no current evidence of a bilateral knee disability and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a left knee disorder, including chondromalacia patella. The evidence shows that the veteran had chronic left knee symptoms in service and continues to have such symptoms post-service. Service connection is granted for the current chondromalacia of the left knee.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his right and left knee disabilities have been denied by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities have been rated appropriately based on the severity of his symptoms and medical findings.

The Board has determined that the veteran's knee disabilities do not warrant a higher rating based on current evidence of record.

The Board has ordered the VA to obtain treatment records from various facilities and entities, including the David Wade Correctional Center in Homer, Louisiana; LSU-Monroe (E.A. Conway Hospital) in Monroe, Louisiana; Fort Lee Tri-Care Clinic in Fort Lee, Virginia; and the VA Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Board will then re-adjudicate the claim based on this new evidence.

The appellant withdrew his appeal regarding the claim of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral knee disorder, including as secondary to service-connected ankylosing spondylitis.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right knee is being remanded due to requests for a hearing. The case will be handled by the RO.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected right knee, left knee, and lumbosacral spine disabilities. The evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.

The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board making a decision.

The veteran's claims for increased rating, service connection for psoriasis, and service connection for pityriasis rosea were denied. The skin conditions are not presumed to be related to herbicide exposure in Vietnam.

The Board finds that the veteran's current left knee disability was not caused or worsened by his right knee disability, or by any incident of active military duty.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including VA examinations and notification of the evidence needed to substantiate his claims.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection of right and left knee disorders, but did not determine whether these conditions were related to active service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and a bilateral foot disorder, finding that there is no evidence of such disorders being incurred or aggravated in service, or related to a service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's left knee Osgood-Schlatter disease was incurred during active service and granted service connection for this condition. The issue of an initial compensable rating for residuals of a ganglion cyst, right wrist, is remanded due to inadequate examination records.