Knee decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and back pain/injury (low back disability) but remanded the claims for right knee, left knee, obstructive sleep apnea, and migraines.

The Board granted service connection for right knee tendonitis S/P arthroscopy and chondroplasty, finding that the disability was aggravated during active military service.

The Board granted service connection for headache disorder, plantar fasciitis, left and right knee disabilities, and left and right shoulder disabilities. It also granted an initial 70 percent rating for GAD from December 30, 2019.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for fibromyalgia and claims for increased ratings for left and right knee patellofemoral syndrome.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as depression, was granted. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to her service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for various degenerative arthritis and impingement syndrome conditions of the Veteran's left foot, right foot, left hand, right hand, left knee, right knee, right ankle, left shoulder, and right shoulder, as there was no evidence that these conditions were caused by or incurred in service or secondary to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis (particulate exposure) and denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, as well as service connections for left hip trochanteric pain syndrome and right hip trochanteric pain syndrome.

The Veteran withdrew all pending claims and appeals, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disability and granted a 30 percent rating, but not higher, for GERD. Other claims were either denied or remanded.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a right knee injury, and the Board dismissed the claim.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee condition and major depressive disorder, recurrent, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The appeal was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement within one year of notification of the July 2022 rating decision.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's left ankle, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left foot drop, and other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a higher initial rating for degenerative arthritis of the left knee.

The Board denied a rating greater than 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder but granted increased ratings of 20 percent for left, right knee strains and right ankle strain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, thyroid disability, coronary artery disease, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, sinus disability, bilateral flat feet, right and left knee disabilities, and right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to inadequate medical opinions and a need for additional development.

The Board granted service connection for left and right knee strains but denied a compensable rating for bilateral foot corns.

The appeal for increased ratings for right knee disability and right knee scars was improperly docketed under the modernized review system and is dismissed due to a non-jurisdictional procedural defect.