Knee Board decisions

The Board found no evidence of a bilateral leg and/or knee disorder related to the appellant's service, specifically her ACDUTRA. The claim for service connection is denied.

The veteran is granted a 40 percent rating for low back pain and herniated nucleus pulposus of L5-S1 with facet sclerosis of the lumbar spine prior to July 22, 1999.,The veteran's right knee instability is rated as moderate impairment.

The veteran's thoracic spine strain syndrome was incurred during military service.,There is no evidence to support the claim of a lumbar spine disability being incurred during military service. However, resolving doubt in favor of the veteran, mild valgus instability and tenderness over the medial collateral ligament of both knees were found to be related to his military service.

The veteran's right knee disability is currently rated as 10 percent disabling, and his claim for service connection of a left knee disorder was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support an increased rating or service connection.

The VA has denied an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for the veteran's service-connected internal derangement, right knee, post-operative. The current evaluation reflects arthritis with painful motion and instability.

The Board found that the veteran's arthritis of the knees and back disorder are not proximately due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The veteran is found unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities, resulting in a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disorder and arthritis, finding no evidence linking these conditions to active duty.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for the cause of his death and entitlement to dependents' educational assistance, finding that arthritis did not substantially contribute to his death.

The May 23, 1946 rating decision denying service connection for a left knee disorder is not considered to contain clear and unmistakable error. The veteran's claim of entitlement to an effective date prior to April 15, 1999 for the grant of service connection for arthritis of the left knee is denied.

The appellant has withdrawn their appeal on two issues: whether new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen a claim of service connection for a disability of the right knee, and service connection for a left wrist and lumbar spine disability as proximately due to or the result of the veteran's service-connected disability of the left knee. The Board has dismissed these appeals.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for the residuals of a left knee injury, back injury, and ulcer condition. The Board found no evidence linking current complaints to active service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a left knee disability and granted it, finding that new evidence supports the veteran's contention that his current condition is related to an injury sustained during military service.

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected arthritis of the right ankle, effective February 26, 2001.

The Board found no evidence of a left knee disability incurred or aggravated by service, and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The VA denied a separate, compensable rating for the veteran's service-connected left knee popliteal cyst due to the disability already being considered in the ratings for degenerative arthritis and other conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right and left knee disabilities warrant a separate 10 percent evaluation each, based on their current status of chondromalacia with mild degenerative changes.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis of both knees warrants a 10 percent evaluation, as there is no evidence to support higher evaluations based on limitation of motion or other diagnostic codes. The initial evaluations have been granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and degenerative changes in both knees, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disability resulting from an injury or illness during active duty.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee injury due to new and material evidence submitted since the previous denial in September 1985. The issue is now under development.