Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities, low back disability, right ankle disability, and right elbow disability due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted an effective date of August 21, 1995, for the award of service connection for right knee osteoarthritis.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding a reasonable basis that the condition began in service and persisted since. The claim for left knee condition was remanded for further development.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for right knee strain, left knee strain, and right foot bone spurs.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, granted an earlier effective date for a 10 percent rating of bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis, and remanded several claims including service connections for various disorders.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an increased rating for right knee degenerative arthritis and chondromalacia, service connection for hypertension, stroke, and coronary heart disease, as additional evidence has been submitted outside the allowed time frame.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for a compensable rating for right knee limitation of extension, a rating in excess of 20 percent for right knee strain with degenerative arthritis, and service connection for a respiratory condition due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic neck pain, sinusitis, right knee condition, left knee condition, and back condition due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, and low back conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, plantar fasciitis, ankle Achilles tendonitis, and knee patellofemoral syndrome to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right knee conditions due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee condition and left knee condition, but denied service connection for hypertension. The decision also addressed various claims related to increased ratings and effective dates.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for treatment purposes only under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17 for a lower back condition, right shoulder condition, and left knee condition.

The appeal for an increased compensable rating for service-connected scars was improperly docketed and is being dismissed due to a procedural error.

The appeal was dismissed due to a concurrent election of review options, which is not permissible under the Appeals Modernization Act framework.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral knee condition, arthritis and a rating of 20 percent for reversed cervical lordosis, while dismissing the claim for service connection for dental treatment purposes.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), hypertension, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, skin condition, left knee disability, right knee disability, sciatic nerve disability, sleep apnea, and back disability, as there is pre-decisional error in the case and a VA examination(s) and addendum opinions are required to cure the error.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of residuals of left total knee replacement due to arthritis and history of arthroscopy, finding that February 22, 2013, was the earliest possible effective date.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection of various conditions as they were premature, and denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and a migraine headache disability.

The Board denied a rating greater than 20 percent for bilateral hearing loss from April 27, 2021, and granted restoration of the 30 percent rating for left knee extension and the 10 percent rating for left knee flexion.