Knee decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, left hip disability, low back disability, and left knee disability based on new and relevant evidence submitted by the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee condition, finding it to be etiologically related to the Veteran's service.

The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, sciatic nerve but denied an initial compensable disability rating for right knee strain, limitation of extension.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, left knee, and left hip conditions due to a procedural defect in the notification letters.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for Osgood Schlatter disease left knee and denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated as 10 percent disabling, and the claims for service connection for right knee osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis, a back disability, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral nerve condition are remanded.

The Board granted service connection for heart disability and sleep apnea, but denied service connection for body pain and right knee disability. The character of the appellant's discharge from service was found to be dishonorable.

The Board granted a 50 percent evaluation for PTSD from September 27, 2018 to the present and denied service connection for skin disorder, left knee disability, and right knee disability.

The Board remands the application to reopen the previously denied appeal for entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability for adjudication in the first instance.

The appeal for a compensable rating for a left knee strain from January 24, 2017, to October 28, 2019, and in excess of 30 percent thereafter was dismissed due to concurrent appeals being prohibited under the Appeals Modernization Act.

The Board granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae, migraines, hypertension, low back condition, left and right lower extremity radiculopathies as secondary to the low back condition, cervical strain with degenerative changes of the cervical spine, left and right upper extremity radiculopathies as secondary to the cervical strain, left knee degenerative joint disease, right knee condition, left and right ankle conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date than June 30, 2022, for service connection for right knee disability, left knee disability, and low back disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal request for a right knee injury disability as it was not timely filed, and no good cause was shown to accept the late filing.

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder disability, a left knee disability, and peptic ulcer disease with gastritis and helicobacter Pylori as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder and right knee disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left knee, finding that the evidence is in at least approximate balance as to whether the Veteran has experienced left knee pain since separation from active service.

The Board denied service connection for recurrent right and left knee disabilities, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic nephropathy, as well as awards of service connection for various peripheral neuropathies and amputations.

The appeal for service connection for COPD, a right hand disability, and a left hand disability was denied. The appeal for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was dismissed. Service connection for thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease with dextroscoliosis, and invertebral disc disease (IVDS), as well as knee instability, was granted with specific ratings.,The Veteran's right hand disability is not related to service.,The Veteran's left hand disability is not related to service.,The appeal for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been dismissed.,A 40 percent rating for thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease with dextroscoliosis, and invertebral disc disease (IVDS), was granted from February 22, 2022. A 20 percent rating for right knee instability and left knee instability was granted from March 7, 2021.,The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent her from obtaining and retaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disorder, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and his active duty service.

The Board granted service connection for limitation of flexion of the right knee pain based on a medical nexus between in-service incurrence and current diagnosis.