Knee decisions — 2025

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative before the Board promulgated a decision.

The Veteran was granted a TDIU from March 9, 2022, to February 27, 2023, due to the severity of his service-connected disabilities.

The claims for service connection for a back condition, left knee condition, and right ankle condition are remanded to provide the Veteran with notice of her right to a hearing regarding these claims.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral knee disability and low back disability as there was no evidence of these conditions manifesting during service or being etiologically related to service.

The Board dismissed the issues of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus, radiculopathy of the right and left legs, and right and left knee strains due to a procedural error in docketing the appeal.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for left and right knee conditions as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease, and the post-service treatment records did not show chronicity of care or continuity of symptomatology.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's left knee subluxation and denied a higher rating for degenerative joint disease, while remanding the issue of entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a brain-related disability, right hand disability, left wrist disability, right wrist disability, left knee disability, and skin disability (other than tinea pedis), to obtain additional evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU, as the evidence did not support higher ratings or unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's right knee disorder, as flexion was limited to 30 degrees or less and there was no evidence of more severe impairment.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for insomnia, anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder and denied a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, while remanding several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee strain, finding that the Veteran's symptoms had their onset during active duty. The claim for osteophyte of heterotopic bone, left femur was remanded due to a pre-decisional error in the VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection of various other conditions, including migraine headaches, left knee condition, right knee condition, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral knee condition, finding that the Veteran's current disability is causally related to his in-service parachute landings.

The claim for a higher rating for lumbosacral strain was denied, while claims for service connection for various musculoskeletal conditions were remanded.

The Veteran was granted a 20 percent rating for left knee disability with dislocated semilunar cartilage from April 25, 2016, to June 16, 2020, and a 10 percent rating for left knee disability with removal of semilunar cartilage from June 17, 2020, to June 7, 2021. The Veteran was also granted service connection for a left knee scar.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective February 19, 2015.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for left and right ankle strain, as well as left and right knee instability with degenerative arthritis, on the basis of the bilateral factor.

The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions and granted some separate evaluations, while remanding others.