Knee decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a right lower extremity disability and left lower extremity disability, both characterized by sciatic-type pain, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back disability. The Board also granted an initial 10 percent rating for right knee disability (based on limitation of extension) and a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability.

The Board dismissed all claims for service connection as moot, having already adjudicated them in a different docket.

The claims for service connection and increased rating are remanded to obtain additional medical opinions that address the issues of secondary causation and aggravation, as well as the impact of medication on the severity of the Veteran's lumbosacral strain.

The appeal for an evaluation in excess of 60 percent from March 1, 2021 for right knee degenerative changes status post right total knee replacement was denied. The issues related to the right hip and low back were remanded for further examination.

The Board remands the issues of a rating greater than 10 percent for service-connected right knee instability and left knee strain with osteoarthritis and patellofemoral chondromalacia prior to September 7, 2016, as additional medical opinion is needed.

The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's right shoulder disability, PTSD, and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease. The issues related to radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, right knee disability, and TDIU were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for right knee and left knee disabilities, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active duty. The claim for a heart condition was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for right knee DJD, status-post TKR due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disability and denied increased ratings for left and right knee instability, but granted an evaluation of 20 percent from April 9, 2012 for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine.

The appeal for service connection for a right knee disorder is dismissed due to the grant of benefits by the AOJ.

The Board granted an effective date of June 21, 2010, for a separate disability rating under Diagnostic Code 5258 for the Veteran's left knee meniscus condition.

The appeal for service connection for ulcers was reopened and granted, while the claims for right ankle disability, left knee disability, and gastric disability (claimed as ulcers with recurrent symptoms) were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for right knee joint osteoarthritis and osteopenia with degenerative arthritis, finding that the evidence is at least in relative equipoise that the Veteran's right knee condition is related to his active military service.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension, diabetes adult-onset, eye condition/vision, high cholesterol, bilateral hearing loss, and right knee condition.

The Board granted service connection for asthma, eczema, and a right knee condition based on the persuasive weight of the evidence supporting their incurrence during active service.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the evidence of record does not support a finding that any diagnosed condition is related to the Veteran's active duty service or to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for primary anemia as secondary to ulcerative colitis, increased ratings for left hip strain, and service connection for bilateral knee conditions due to a lack of evidence supporting these claims.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for not timely submitting a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year from the date of the mailing of an adverse decision.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral foot disability, left knee disability, and right hip disability due to untimely submission of VA Form 10182.

The Board remands the claims for higher initial ratings for cervical spine, bilateral shoulder, and left knee disabilities to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.