Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for higher initial ratings for right lower extremity radiculopathy and left knee instability due to inadequate examinations.

The Veteran is granted an extraschedular total disability rating due to individual unemployability from September 24, 2010 to January 26, 2011 and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate from January 26, 2011 to February 29, 2012.

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee disabilities, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis of lumbosacral spine with chronic low back pain.

The Board remands all of the Veteran's claims for further development, including obtaining complete service records, Social Security Administration records, and VA examination and medical records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for depressive disorder was granted as secondary to her service-connected disabilities, while other claims were denied or remanded.

The Board dismissed the appeal for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for a left knee disability from August 8, 1974, due to a typographical error in notification letters.

The Board remands the service connection claims for prostate cancer, hypertension, and bilateral knee disorders due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied an increased disability rating in excess of 40 percent for the left total knee replacement and also denied special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and higher compensation for DEA benefits, as well as remanded several hand and knee conditions for further development.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee strain, right hip trauma, and left hip trauma due to missing medical records from Reynolds Army Hospital.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and right knee osteoarthritis, patellofemoral pain syndrome, and chondromalacia based on the continuity of symptomatology since service.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and rating issues, resulting in the dismissal of the entire appeal.

The veteran was granted an effective date of September 11, 2019 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher ratings for various musculoskeletal conditions, including lumbosacral strain and radiculopathies in both hips and legs.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities based on evidence of in-service onset and continuity of symptoms.

The Board granted service connection for left knee meniscal tear, right knee osteoarthritis, and persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress secondary to service-connected hypothyroidism. The claims for peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities were denied.

The Board granted restoration of the 20 percent disability rating for radiculopathy affecting the right lower extremity, finding that the reduction was improper. The Board also remanded a claim for service connection for a left knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including tinnitus and headaches, due to a duty-to-assist error regarding VA examinations.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities result in the need for regular aid and attendance, thus granting special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance status.