Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, and chronic kidney disease as additional development is needed to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for separate awards of service connection for left knee instability and right knee instability.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's left knee ankylosis in flexion between 20 degrees and 45 degrees from July 19, 2010, to March 1, 2017.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for service connection for right and left knee patellofemoral syndrome, finding that the evidence did not support a rating higher than 10 percent or an earlier effective date.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, a right knee disability, and a low back disability but denied the claims for an earlier effective date for hypertension and distal lateral surgical scar of the right long finger, depression, bilateral hearing loss, and a right elbow disability. The Veteran was also granted an initial 10 percent rating for hypertension.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, dismissing or denying all appeals.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is granted an evaluation of 70 percent disabling, but no higher. Other claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis of the left knee. The claim for papillary thyroid carcinoma was remanded for further development.

The Board granted separate disability ratings of 10 percent for left and right knee instability, effective December 19, 2023, but denied increased ratings for the knee conditions.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and a compensable rating, thus the Board dismissed all issues.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and effective dates due to inadequate VA medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, finding that the Veteran's right knee pain with functional impairment was incurred during service.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability or that any of the disabilities were related to active duty.

The appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right shoulder disability, a right knee disability, and headaches due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted an effective date of September 2, 2010, for service connection for radiculopathy of the left and right sciatic nerves but denied increased ratings for these conditions. The claims for increased ratings for knee and back conditions were remanded.

The appeal regarding the restoration of a 10 percent disability rating for right knee retropatellar pain syndrome with tendonitis was dismissed, and an increased disability rating for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome s/p arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction was denied.

The Board denied service connection for left and right knee strain with joint pain due to a lack of evidence showing current disability, in-service injury or disease, and nexus between the claimed conditions and military service. The claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability, and the claims were not supported by competent medical or lay evidence.

The Board denied the claims for increased ratings for right shoulder strain and left elbow fractures, but granted service connection for sleep apnea.