Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right knee, right foot/ankle, left hand, and right hand disabilities to correct a duty to assist error by obtaining new VA examinations and opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left knee disability, right knee disability, psychiatric disability (PTSD and depression), and eye disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left knee, right knee, left wrist, right wrist, back, OSA, anxiety disorder, eating/feeding disorder, radicular pain in the right lower extremity, and tinnitus.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial rating of various conditions, including Crohn's Disease, GERD, left knee disorder, and chronic sinusitis with allergic rhinitis, to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board remands the service connection claim for a right knee disability for additional development, including obtaining an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for a refund of a VA funding fee to obtain additional records and readjudicate the decision with consideration that the Veteran was still on active duty and receiving service pay at the time of the closing of his home loan.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on limitation of motion or instability.

The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for dizziness/balance problems, a right knee disorder, and an increased disability rating for a left knee disorder due to untimely filings.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, granted a 30 percent rating for his right knee disability, and remanded an acquired psychiatric disorder claim.

The Board granted a 30 percent initial disability rating for chronic sinusitis and denied service connection for several other conditions, including right knee strain, obesity, degenerative arthritis, and others. Some claims were remanded for further consideration.

The Board granted service connection for left and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, but denied increased ratings for eczema, partial amputation of the left middle toe, and postsurgical scar to the left middle toe.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of bilateral knee disabilities and lower extremity radiculopathy to obtain a medical opinion discounting the beneficial effects of medication.

The Board granted service connection for iron deficiency anemia and denied service connection for a left knee condition. The claims for a compensable initial rating for chronic sinusitis and for service connection for a right knee disorder were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a chronic left knee disorder and remanded the claims for sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder to include posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder secondary to the Veteran's service connected pes planus with plantar fasciitis, but denied direct service connection and a higher rating for the right knee disability.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral ovarian cysts, granted a 10 percent rating for right and left foot hallux valgus, dismissed the claim for a 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable disabilities as moot, and denied service connection for tinnitus, right hip disorder with bursitis, left hip disorder with bursitis, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and arthritis, degenerative, left.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a right wrist disability, but remanded claims for cervical pain, left knee condition, bilateral plantar fasciitis, left hip strain, and right hip strain.

The Veteran's service connection for right knee osteoarthritis with meniscal tear and initial rating of 50 percent for migraines with dizziness were granted, while the initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left first MCP partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a skin impairment of the hands and feet, low back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and right hip disability due to inadequate medical examinations and opinions.