Knee Board decisions

The veteran's disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on the need for aid and attendance of another person or being permanently housebound.

The veteran's claim for TDIU benefits prior to March 1, 1998 was denied as he did not meet the requirements for a TDIU rating prior to that date.

The Board found that the veteran is not entitled to an effective date earlier than May 5, 1998, for a grant of service connection for his right knee disorder due to lack of prior written claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 as his right knee injury was not caused by VA medical care, but rather an intervening cause (the falling ceiling grate).

The Board finds that the veteran's right knee disorder is aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability, and thus grants service connection for this condition. However, there is no evidence to support a finding of service connection for his low back disorder.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings were granted, with the highest rating of 20% assigned for cervical strain.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected osteochondritis dissecans of the right knee and chronic low back pain, finding that a rating in excess of 60 percent was not warranted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral knee disorder and muscle hernia, right biceps, were not incurred in or aggravated by active service. The veteran's claims for service connection have been denied.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic left knee condition during service and insufficient medical evidence to link the current disability to service. The claim for service connection was denied.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected right scapulocostal syndrome, chronic cervical strain, bilateral knee conditions, and right ankle sprain with ligament laxity were denied. The RO assigned a 10 percent rating to each condition effective from January 11, 1996.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral knee conditions and entitlement to an increased rating for her service-connected bilateral pes cavus. The RO found no medical evidence linking any current knee condition or disability to active duty service, nor did it find a nexus between her service-connected pes cavus and her knees.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's right knee disorder and found that his low back disability is not secondary to his service-connected right knee condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for his back disorder and increased evaluations for his right and left knee disorders. The appeals were not about service connection at all.

The VA has granted service connection for the veteran's disabilities and assigned a 20 percent evaluation for residuals of a shell fragment wound of the mid chest with retained foreign bodies. The other issues have been denied.

The Board found that the veteran does not currently suffer from conjunctivitis or a left knee disorder, and any such disorders are not shown to be causally related to his service. As such, the claims for service connection were denied.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral minimal degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee joints and assigned a 10 percent evaluation, finding that the veteran's right and left knees have limited flexion with positive crepitance and subjective complaints of pain.

The Board denied increased evaluations for the veteran's knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support ratings higher than the current 10 percent evaluations.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD, left knee disability, tremors and numbness of the hands and arms, low back disability, or disability of the hips/legs. The claims are denied as service connection is not warranted for these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a left knee condition under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board found that the veteran's preexisting left knee disability did not worsen during service and denied service connection for a left knee disability.