Knee decisions — 2025

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's left knee degenerative joint disease, lumbosacral strain, and PTSD with major depressive disorder, but granted a 10 percent rating for limitation of extension in the left knee from August 9, 2023.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right toe disability and a right knee disability to ensure that the Veteran receives VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of these disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, and remanded the issues of service connection for an acquired psychological disorder, athlete's foot onychomycosis, tinea pedis, left knee strain, and right knee pain.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, right knee pain, and left knee pain based on new and relevant evidence. Insomnia was denied, and the claims for gastroesophageal reflux disease were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, low back, migraine headaches, tinnitus, and right knee disabilities due to a lack of proper notification for examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right ankle sprain and various knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to June 30, 2022, due to an alleged pre-decisional duty to assist error by failing to obtain private medical records.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability, right hip strain, left hip strain, right knee strain, sciatica, bilateral lower extremities, and bladder and bowel incontinence.

The Board remands the claims for a cervical strain and bilateral knee disabilities to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining additional medical examinations.

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

The claim is remanded for an in-person examination to obtain a retrospective opinion regarding the nature and severity of the service-connected residuals of left knee total arthroplasty prior to November 10, 2021.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a lumbar spine disability, a right ankle disability and a right knee disability due to insufficient evidence regarding the aggravation of pre-existing conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability, finding that there is no evidence linking the condition to his military service.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral knee disorder, to include osteoarthritis and degenerative arthritis; a bilateral ankle disorder, to include tendinitis; and a bilateral foot disorder, to include neuralgia and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PN), as these conditions were found to be caused or worsened by the Veteran's service-connected reactive arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and granted separate ratings for left knee instability, dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of 'locking,' pain, and effusion, and limitation of extension. The appeal was denied for a higher rating for left knee instability and limitation of flexion.

The Board remands the claims for further development to ensure compliance with previous remand instructions, specifically regarding the distinction between neurological and orthopedic symptoms.

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

The Board granted a disability rating of 40 percent for right knee chondromalacia patella with degenerative arthritis from December 12, 2019.

The Board remands the service connection claims for right and left knee disabilities due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, right knee condition, and left knee condition as there was not substantial compliance with a previous remand directive.