Knee decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a right knee condition and left knee condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS).

The Board denied a rating greater than 10 percent for the left knee based on limitation of motion, but granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance from November 30, 2022.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for arthritis of the cervical spine, bilateral knees, bilateral elbows, and bilateral shoulders to obtain new VA medical opinions that adequately address whether these conditions are related to military service or aggravated by service-connected disabilities.

The appeal is remanded to obtain new VA medical opinions and to address the effects of medications on the Veteran's knee conditions.

The appeal for an initial compensable rating for left total knee arthroplasty prior to April 8, 2019, and in excess of 30 percent from June 1, 2020, was denied.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to an injury sustained during his military service.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, finding that the evidence supports a relationship between the Veteran's current left knee condition and her military service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a temporary total disability rating for left knee replacement and remanded issues related to higher ratings for the left knee and associated scars.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding a nexus to the Veteran's in-service hazardous noise exposure. The knee strain claim was remanded for further development.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for left knee, right knee, left ankle, and right ankle disorders.

The Board denied service connection for multiple claimed disabilities, including fractured skull, sinusitis, broken elbows, wrist injury, hand fracture, hips, knee and ankle injuries, as there was no evidence of current disability or functional impairment related to these claims.

The Board granted service connection for right knee, left knee, and neck conditions but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for service connection for a right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, back condition, GERD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic lymphoid leukemia and various musculoskeletal conditions due to insufficient evidence and errors in the initial decision.

The Board denied service connection for folliculitis, inguinal abscess, and other conditions, and remanded claims for rash, tinea cruris, and keloid scars. The 30 percent rating for acanthosis nigricans, diabetic dermopathy, and necrobiosis lipoidica was restored.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a reduction in evaluation of right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, service connection for a left knee disability, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for cervicalgia and right knee degenerative joint disease, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for a right elbow disability but granted service connection for a right knee disability characterized by pain, to include patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Board denied higher ratings for diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of all extremities. A separate 10 percent rating was granted for left knee osteochondritis with arthritic changes based on painful motion.