Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for a left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, right hip disability, right hand disability, and right wrist disability on a direct basis.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as the evidence showed it was at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's service. The other issues were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a chronic cervical spine disability but denied service connection for a chronic left knee disability and residuals from a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left knee condition and bilateral hearing loss to correct an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory duty related to notice of the right to a hearing.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for narcolepsy and a left knee disability, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left hip, right hip, and right knee conditions as the VA medical opinions are inadequate and do not consider all relevant evidence of record including lay statements.

The Board denied service connection for a knee condition and remanded the claim for tinnitus due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a dental disability, claimed as loss of teeth, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and remanded the issues of service connection for a right knee disability and residuals of frostbite.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including a new VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's knee disabilities and their impact on his employability.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral leg pain but granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for tinnitus, major depressive disorder, low back disability, left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve, and radiculopathy, left lower extremity, sciatic nerve.

The Board remands the case for an additional medical opinion to determine the etiology of the Veteran's right knee disorder.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee condition, claimed as a sprain, and a low back condition due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities or symptoms causing functional impairment.

The Board remands the case to correct an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty regarding the Appellant's claim for an earlier effective date based on CUE in the May 3, 2013 decision.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic sinusitis, but granted a 30 percent rating for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Board remanded the issues of entitlement to disability ratings in excess of 30 percent from August 1, 2020 for right and left total knee replacements for further evidentiary development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral knee conditions, hearing loss, and tinnitus, have rendered him unemployable since at least 2009.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee condition, finding it at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for arthritis and a right knee disability (total knee replacement) to ensure that there is a complete record upon which to decide the Veteran's claims.