Knee decisions — 2025

The appeal for increased ratings and service connection claims were withdrawn by the Veteran, leading to their dismissal. The remaining claims for service connection are remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for left and right hip osteoarthritis, finding no evidence that these conditions were caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability. The claims for secondary service connection for bilateral flatfoot, right ankle degenerative arthritis, and right knee degenerative arthritis are remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct the pre-decisional duty to assist error and to obtain an adequate VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for multiple musculoskeletal conditions due to a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the October 2021 rating decision on appeal.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, left and right hand essential tremors, left and right knee disabilities as there was no probative evidence of a current disability close to or during the period on review. The claims were also remanded for further development.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for multiple conditions, including left and right hip femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for left and right leg shin splints but denied an increased rating for lumbosacral strain, as well as service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, radicular pain and paresthesia of the left upper extremity, chronic cervicothoracic pain, and left knee pain.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and left ear hearing loss, but granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and left knee strain.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for service connection for a left knee condition, back condition, and bilateral hearing loss due to procedural issues and untimeliness.

The Board granted restoration of a 20 percent rating for left knee instability and right knee limitation of flexion, effective February 6, 2023, while denying increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including trauma- and stressor-related disorder, diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, knee disabilities, and scars.

The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for left knee instability from June 14, 2017, to July 28, 2021, and restored the 40 percent rating for left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis effective June 1, 2021. The Board denied a higher rating for left knee instability after July 28, 2021, and a compensable rating for left knee limitation of flexion.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, left knee disability, and left side sciatic nerve pain but denied service connection for a right side sciatic nerve pain. Sleep paralysis was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating and service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and an inadequate medical opinion.

The Veteran has withdrawn all claims on appeal, including those for initial disability ratings and service connection.

The Board is remanding the claim for an adequate VA examination to address the nature and severity of the Veteran's left knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for further development, specifically to obtain relevant VA treatment records stored in VistA Imaging that are not currently associated with the claims file.

The Veteran's appeal was withdrawn, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the issues on appeal.

The appeal for service connection for skin, back, left knee, and right knee disabilities has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Veteran's service connection for erectile dysfunction on a direct basis was granted effective September 27, 2019, and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ was also granted from the same date.