Knee decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left and right ankle pain, lumbar spine pain, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, left knee pain, and right ear hearing loss.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's right knee disability based on findings of painful motion and limited flexion.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and denied it for left ear hearing loss, with an effective date of June 14, 2023, for the award of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, facial numbness (Bell's palsy), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and right knee strain. The claims for a left knee strain, major depressive disorder with anxious distress, cervical neck strain, lumbosacral strain, and bilateral foot disability were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for other specified depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, somatic symptom disorder, alcohol use disorder, left hip condition, left knee condition, left lower extremity radiculopathy, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right hip condition, right knee condition, right lower extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, shin splints, left leg, shin splints, right leg, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) for further development.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for an initial compensable rating for right knee joint osteoarthritis before the Board promulgated a decision.

The Board granted service connection for left and right knee strain, finding that the conditions onset during active service.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating for service-connected degenerative arthritis of left knee to obtain an addendum medical opinion.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right and left knee disabilities and bilateral pes planus, finding that the current ratings were appropriate given the evidence of record.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a left knee disability, CTS in both hands and hips, MDD, and OSA, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Veteran's service-connected left knee and right shoulder disabilities, along with compensation benefits awarded under 38 USC § 1151 for a right bicep detachment during shoulder surgery, prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment from December 22, 2011 to December 11, 2016.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disorder, back disorder, and right hand disorder but denied an increased evaluation for the favorable ankylosis of the right third finger with post-traumatic osteoarthritis.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, a bilateral shoulder disability, hematuria, and a neck disability, and increased ratings for hemorrhoids and a left abdomen scar is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability and a 70 percent rating, but no higher, prior to June 11, 2018 for PTSD. The TDIU claim was denied.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for right knee subluxation and degenerative joint disease due to an inadequate addendum opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability for further development and readjudication.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and remanded the other claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability based on the evidence showing that these conditions are causally related to the Veteran's active duty.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for left knee condition due to an inadequate VA examination that did not account for flare-ups.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right knee disability, left knee disability, and low back disability to correct a duty of assist error.