Knee decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine, lumbar spine, right knee, left knee, right ankle, left ankle, left hip, and left wrist disabilities, as well as tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, right ear; an initial rating in excess of a noncompensable rating for hearing loss, left ear; and service connection for pain and dysfunction of the right knee, right sciatic radicular pain and parasthesia of the right leg, left sciatic radicular pain and parasthesia of the left leg. The claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a left ankle disability and remanded claims for service connection for a left foot disability and right knee disability.

The Board denied several claims for increased ratings and granted a 20 percent rating for the left ankle disability, while denying all other claims.

The Veteran's hypertension was granted a 10 percent rating, but no higher. The claims for earlier effective dates for the separate ratings of sciatic and femoral nerve radiculopathy were denied, as well as the remanded claims for initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for left knee and lumbar spine disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for back pain, left knee degenerative joint disease, and right knee degenerative joint disease.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded a claim for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for increased ratings and service connection, finding that June 29, 2021, was the earliest possible date of claim.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disorder and assigned a 10 percent rating, while denying service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and other gout-related conditions.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for multiple residual scars due to left inguinal hernia repair, left carpal tunnel release, and left knee surgeries.

The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including gastrointestinal disability, GERD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, left and right knee strains, hypertension, and chronic sinusitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of sacroiliac injury, sciatica, left lower extremity, right knee disorder, and left knee disorder as there was no evidence to support a finding that these conditions were causally related to his active service.

The veteran was granted a 70 percent initial rating for somatic symptom disorder, and a 20 percent initial rating for intervertebral disc syndrome lumbosacral spine. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a headache condition and initial disability ratings of 30 percent for right hip strain and 20 percent for left knee strain.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent, but not higher, for the Veteran's right shoulder impingement syndrome, rotator cuff tendonitis and chronic right shoulder strain. The claims for increased ratings for temporomandibular joint disorder and left knee patellofemoral syndrome were denied.

The Board granted service connection for right-sided ulnar neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right elbow disability and remanded several other claims related to various leg, knee, ankle disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for a right knee disability, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, due to an inadequate VA examination and duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and bilateral hip arthritis, but denied service connection for bilateral shoulder arthritis. The decision also denied increased ratings for knee disabilities and a compensable rating for PFB.

The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches, degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine, left knee strain (chronic left knee pain), and degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right patellofemoral syndrome.

The Board denied service connection for left knee, right knee, varicose veins, and lumbosacral strain as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to active duty.