Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the case for additional development, including obtaining outstanding medical records and scheduling a new VA examination to address the current severity of the Veteran's heart disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for back, left knee, left ankle, and left foot disorders to obtain an opinion that addresses the Veteran's reports of continuous symptoms since service and his duties as a parachutist.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a right hip and knee condition, as secondary to service-connected disabilities, due to inadequate VA medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for increased disability ratings and TDIU as further VA examinations are required to address the Veteran's reports of flareups and functional limitations.

The Board denied entitlement to an evaluation greater than 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease and a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss prior to October 15, 2021 and an evaluation greater than 20 percent thereafter.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral shin splints/knee disability, finding that there is no evidence of a chronic condition in service or that the current condition is related to an in-service injury. The claim for Crohn's disease was remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disorder but denied service connection for left and right knee disorders.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased compensation, service connection, and initial compensable disability ratings for various conditions.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain, service connection for neurologic signs and symptoms (claimed as bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy), to include as due to Gulf War illness and/or secondary to service-connected lumbosacral strain, and service connection for bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the bilateral fingers, a bilateral elbow disability, a left knee disability, and bilateral plantar fasciitis. The Board also denied an initial compensable rating for a lumbar spine scar (lower back scar).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for right and left knee degenerative arthritis, as well as revisions of October 2021 decisions that awarded initial 10 percent ratings for right and left hip osteoarthritis based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) of the right knee from January 1, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip condition, left hip condition, and an anxiety condition with depression. The claims for service connection for bilateral knee conditions and tension headaches were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral ankle disability, bilateral knee disability, prostate cancer, and hypertension (HTN) as well as the claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance/housebound due to a failure to provide notice of the Veteran's right to an AOJ hearing.

The Board denied all claims for increased ratings, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the criteria for evaluating musculoskeletal disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The veteran withdrew all appeals for the listed conditions, indicating he is now 100 percent permanently and totally disabled effective May 24, 2022.

The Board denied an increased rating for the right shoulder and right knee, but granted a 20 percent rating for the cervical strain.

The appeal for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder was dismissed, and the claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The claims for right and left knee pain and dysfunction were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The Veteran was also denied an initial compensable rating for right knee degenerative arthritis and residuals of arthroscopic meniscectomy and chondroplasty prior to October 24, 2017, and from October 2, 2020, as well as a 10 percent evaluation based upon multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities.