Knee decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, cervical spine disability, and others, as there was no evidence of a current disability or that any such disability was related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, insomnia, a lumbar spine disability, and bilateral knee disabilities as there was no evidence of current diagnoses related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee osteoarthritis due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various degenerative arthritides and impairment syndrome to obtain additional VA addendum opinion that complies with the terms of the Joint Motion and issue a supplemental statement of the case.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left shoulder, low back, and bilateral knee disabilities due to insufficient evidence in the record.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a bilateral knee disability for further development and consideration of additional evidence.

The Veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for left knee instability and a separate 20 percent rating for the left knee under Diagnostic Code 5258, as well as an award of TDIU.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss and reopened and granted claims for service connection of acquired psychiatric disorder, colon cancer s/p resection, and left knee condition. The claims for tinnitus, epilepsy petit mal, diabetes mellitus Type 2, and cardiomyopathy were denied.

The Board granted a separate disability rating of 40 percent for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a separate evaluation of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent, but not higher, for limitation of extension and a 10 percent rating, but not higher, for limitation of flexion from September 3, 2024, replacing the previous 20 percent evaluation.

The Board denied increased ratings for right hip strain and right knee DJD but granted a separate 10 percent rating for right hip strain with thigh impairment, limitation of adduction from January 27, 2016. The Board also granted TDIU on an extraschedular basis from November 29, 2010 to November 29, 2016.

The Board granted the restoration of a 20 percent rating for left knee anterior cruciate ligament deficiency and denied an increased rating in excess of 20 percent. The right knee issues were remanded for further examination.

The Board remands the appellant's claims for a right knee disability, instability of the right knee, and TDIU to ensure compliance with prior remand orders.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including psychiatric disorders, sleep impairment disorder, hearing loss, tinnitus, back pain, left hip pain, and right knee pain, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted a separate noncompensable rating for left knee condition limitation of extension effective May 25, 2021, and a 10 percent rating for left knee instability.

The appeal for service connection for left and right knee conditions was dismissed as the claims were rendered moot by a January 2025 rating decision that granted service connection for those conditions.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding VA medical records and an addendum VA medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's functional loss without the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for service connection and increased ratings for various other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right knee conditions to request an addendum VA medical opinion that adequately addresses the Veteran's lay statements of ongoing bilateral knee pain since service.

The Board granted service connection for left knee tendinitis with tibiofibular joint ganglion cyst, an acquired psychiatric disorder (other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder), and tinnitus. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded due to an inadequate medical opinion.