Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his right and left hip disorders, characterized as both limitation of flexion and extension, right knee disability, and right ankle disability due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for right ankle sprain with arthritis, right foot disorder (plantar fasciitis with hammer toes, arthritis, and plantar calcaneal spur), and right knee disorder (arthritis) based on the evidence showing that these conditions are related to active service.

The Board denied an increased rating for left knee medial lateral instability, finding the evidence showed no more than moderate recurrent instability.

The Board remands the claims for further development and examination to ensure compliance with its previous remand instructions.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities effective April 20, 2015.

The Board granted service connection for squamous cell carcinoma and assigned ratings for various left knee conditions based on the evidence presented.

The Board denied service connection for right and left knee disabilities, denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease, and intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbosacral spine, and denied ratings in excess of 20 percent for various radiculopathies. However, it granted an initial 20 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve prior to December 30, 2019.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to bilateral knee disabilities because the AOJ has not substantially complied with previous remand directives regarding range-of-motion measurements.

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee pain, to include as a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, but denied service connection for left lower leg pain.

The case is remanded for further examination to determine the severity of the Veteran's left knee chondromalacia with degenerative joint disease.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation since December 18, 2009.

The appeals for compensation under 38 U.S.C. � 1151 for upper left leg femoral artery repair, left eye emergency shunt resulting in blindness, urinary sphincter implant, and urinary sphincter control were dismissed due to a binding settlement agreement. The appeal for myelodysplastic syndrome as a result of radiation treatment, left knee surgery, and kidney surgery are remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee disabilities, while dismissing the appeals related to right and left ankle disabilities from multiple rating decisions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right knee conditions for readjudication based on new evidence received since the April 2016 denial.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for tinnitus, left knee strain with limitation of extension, left knee scar, and posttraumatic stress disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder, and cannabis use disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a right knee disability, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, for readjudication due to new and relevant evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities, finding no evidence that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee disability, to include post-meniscectomy osteoarthritis, based on a progression of an in-service injury.

The Board granted an effective date of October 2, 2020, for the grant of service connection and a 10 percent rating for right knee MCL strain.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating and an earlier effective date due to missing evidence regarding private treatment records.