Knee Board decisions

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for a left knee injury. The medical evidence supports a finding that the current left knee condition is related to an in-service injury, thus granting service connection.

The Board has granted increased evaluations for the veteran's right and left knee disabilities, but denied service connection for a low back disability and depression as secondary to her bilateral knee disorders.

The veteran's appeal is about the evaluation of his postoperative arthrotomy, right knee. The RO has scheduled a videoconference hearing for him to discuss this issue.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected left knee injury, finding that the evidence did not warrant a higher evaluation.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, as his conditions do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's initial ratings for arthritis of the knees and urinary stress incontinence post bladder repair have been granted. The knee conditions are rated at 20% each, while the urinary condition remains noncompensable.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for lung disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and back disability due to lack of threshold eligibility for VA pension benefits.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication, including obtaining additional medical evidence and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the right knee disability, which was currently rated as 20 percent disabling.

The veteran's left knee disability, including post-operative residuals and arthritic changes, is currently rated at 20 percent. The issues of increased rating for the residuals and initial evaluation higher than 10 percent for arthritic changes have been addressed. The claim to reopen his right knee disorder secondary to a service-connected left knee disability has also been considered.

The veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and the claims for accrued benefits were denied due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected right knee disorder, finding that the current evaluation of 10 percent is appropriate given the lack of evidence of instability or significant limitation in range of motion.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's right knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on instability or chondrocalcinosis.

The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for left ear hearing loss and residuals of injury to the left knee, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right knee arthritis, left knee arthritis secondary to right knee arthritis, and peptic ulcer disease secondary to medications taken for right knee arthritis due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current right knee disability, including arthritis, is related to traumas which occurred during service and granted service connection for this condition.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for arthritis of the right knee and subluxation/instability of the right knee, finding that his conditions did not warrant ratings higher than 10 percent.

The veteran's right knee degenerative joint disease is rated at 10 percent disabling, and his laceration of the right little finger status post flexor digitorum profundus repair (major) does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluation, service connection, and temporary total evaluations were denied. The RO found that the right knee condition did not warrant an increase beyond 20 percent, there was no evidence of a nexus between the postoperative rupture of the patellar tendon and the service-connected Osgood-Shlatter's disease, and the criteria for extending a temporary total evaluation were not met.

The Board has determined that the December 1988 rating decision granting service connection for degenerative joint disease of the bilateral hips and knees was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.