Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right knee, left knee, and back disorders to request new medical opinions that adequately consider all relevant evidence.

The Board granted the request to readjudicate the claims for service connection for right and left knee pain based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the claims for further examination.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, diagnosed spinal stenosis, arthrodesis status lumbar fusion. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD, granted a TDIU from December 3, 2020, and denied service connection for various conditions.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a left knee disability before the Board made a decision.

The Board remands the claims for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for right and left knee osteoarthritis due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the issues for additional development, including new VA examinations to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and to determine the etiology of any claimed conditions.

The veteran withdrew the appeal in its entirety, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for dizziness, migraine headaches, and a right knee condition due to prior duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for ratings in excess of 10 percent for right and left knee strain based on limitation of flexion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus and a bilateral knee disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for both the left and right knee disabilities based on the medical evidence not supporting higher ratings under applicable criteria.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for right and left knee disabilities due to improper concurrent election of multiple review options, and denied an initial compensable rating for the service-connected left ear hearing loss as well as service connection for right ear hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, and right, left knee, and back disabilities to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, high blood pressure, left knee condition, right knee condition, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and skin condition.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for upper respiratory infection and bilateral flatfoot due to a prohibited concurrent election, denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and denied increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and thoracic scoliosis with degenerative disc disease, right knee strain, right wrist strain, and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left knee condition and degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (claimed as a low back condition) to allow for further development of evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for right hand 5th finger sprain and a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee degenerative joint disease, and remanded several service connection claims due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for right hip, left hip, right knee, left knee, and left ankle disabilities as there was no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including hearing loss in the right ear, cold exposure injuries to both upper and lower extremities, knee arthritis, shin splints, tinnitus, and other conditions. Several claims were remanded for further development.