Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left shin splints, as well as right and left knee conditions, to ensure proper notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing is provided.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, a low back disability, a right wrist carpal tunnel disability, a left knee disability, a left shoulder disability, tinnitus, and allergies.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral knee disability, finding it at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's active duty. The challenge to the December 2011 rating decision that denied service connection on the basis of clear and unmistakable error was denied.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability as the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current left knee disability was related to his service.

The Veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date of February 29, 2000, for an award of TDIU on an extraschedular basis due to his service-connected back and left knee disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for right knee condition, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis, based on the Veteran's in-service onset and continuous symptoms since discharge.

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee femorotibial osteoarthritis, status post total knee arthroplasty.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy, dismissed the claim for left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy of the lower radicular group, but granted service connection for a bilateral ankle, hip, and knee disability.

The Veteran was granted a separate 20 percent evaluation for left knee IT band syndrome with limitation of flexion from June 14, 2024 to the present and denied an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for left knee IT band syndrome with limitation of extension.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's left knee strain without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, lumbosacral strain, left knee strain with osteoarthritis, and right knee condition.

The Board granted service connection for an other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, but denied service connection for several other conditions including PTSD, bilateral plantar fasciitis, right leg shin splints, left leg shin splints, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, sleep apnea, insomnia, a right elbow strain, and a lumbar strain.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and denied service connection for sleep apnea, while dismissing appeals related to bilateral knee disabilities and TDIU. The decision also remanded issues of anxiety, dementia, and a left ear (now bilateral) hearing loss rating.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, secondary to the appellant's service-connected plantar fasciitis, and dismissed the appeal for service connection of a right ankle disability as moot.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for hearing loss, high blood pressure, right shoulder tendonitis, tinnitus, and left knee strain was dismissed due to untimely filing.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as the evidence submitted was not new and relevant.

The Board granted service connection for left and right knee scars as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee conditions, and chronic headaches as secondary to his service-connected cervical spine condition.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including iron deficiency anemia, acute pharyngitis, adenovirus infection, chlamydia, female sexual arousal disorder (secondary to chlamydia), low back pain, left knee pain, right knee pain, right wrist pain, dermatitis/eczema, acne, and tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several service connection claims due to missing or unassociated private medical records.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine disability, left foot disability to include stress fracture left great toe, sesamoiditis, and right knee degenerative arthritis. The claims for left knee, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were remanded.