Knee Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disability was not incurred or aggravated by service and denied his claim.

The Board found no evidence of a low back or right knee disability in service, and denied the veteran's claims for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current disabilities and his military service.

The Board found that the veteran's current right knee disorder is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an increased rating, maintaining his current disability rating of 20 percent for his service-connected right knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for heart disease but granted a 20 percent evaluation for the residuals of a gunshot wound to the left knee.

The Board has determined that the evidence received since the March 1993 final rating decision is not new and material, thus preventing the reopening of the veteran's claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities.

The Board found that the veteran's left knee and cervical spine disorders were not related to his service-connected right knee disability, and thus denied both claims.

The Board has granted compensable ratings of 10 percent for scar, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right knee and chondromalacia and residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left knee.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral knee disorder, finding that his current knee conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by active service and are unrelated to disease or injury in service.

The veteran's left knee disability, including the residuals of a left knee medial meniscectomy and osteoarthritis with pain on motion prior to September 8, 1998, has been granted increased evaluations.

The veteran's service-connected migraine headaches and degenerative changes of the right and left knees are currently rated at 10 percent each, and no higher. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions warrant an increased evaluation.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for compensation benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional left knee disability as a result of VA surgery in April 1989, finding that it was not caused by VA carelessness or negligence.

The veteran's left knee disability was evaluated at 20 percent from January 29, 1997 to December 10, 1997 and at 30 percent from February 1, 1998. The appeal is denied as the evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a right leg disability, including his right knee. The evidence does not support a finding that any current condition is related to service.

The Board denied reopening of the appellant's claims for service connection for right shoulder/arm and right knee disabilities due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied reopening claims for service connection for cervical and left shoulder disorders, PTSD, and headaches. The claim for increased rating of neuralgia of the left long thoracic nerve was also denied.

The Board has determined that the initial evaluations assigned for the veteran's low back disability and right knee disability are appropriate, but denied her claim regarding the left upper arm scar.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for post-operative meniscectomy of the left knee and traumatic arthritis of the left knee, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on current symptomatology.

The Board found that the veteran's current right and left knee disorders were not incurred or aggravated by her active duty service, as there was no evidence of a permanent increase in severity during service. The pre-existing condition from 1994 was considered to have been aggravated by the veteran's post-service activities.