Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities and a psychiatric disability due to pre-decisional errors in the evaluation process.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to an incomplete record, specifically missing treatment records from the Veteran's primary care physician.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for fatty liver and right knee condition as further development is necessary to obtain medical nexus opinions.

The Board denied an effective date prior to June 11, 2020, for the awards of service-connection for lumbosacral strain and left knee strain. The claims for service connection for sleep disturbances and insomnia were remanded for a VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to a duty to assist error in the prior VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, to include as secondary to chronic lower back pain. The claims for service connection for chronic sinusitis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gastrointestinal problems were remanded.

The appeal for earlier effective dates of increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected conditions was dismissed as there is no basis to assign an earlier effective date.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all issues related to the left and right knees, including disability ratings and service connection.

The Board is remanding the claim to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to notify the Veteran of his right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board denied increased ratings for GERD, left knee disability, and migraine headache disorder but granted a 30 percent rating for heart condition.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral lung condition, traumatic brain injury (TBI), a bilateral eye condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, and skeletal arthritis due to the lack of evidence supporting current disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for increased evaluations of bilateral knee osteoarthritis and service connection for a cervical spine condition, to include as secondary to a lumbar condition, due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for basal cell carcinoma and remanded the claims for left ankle, right ankle, left hand, right hand, left knee, and right knee degenerative arthritis.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to a lack of proper notice and scheduling of VA examinations.

The Board restored the 10 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that the reduction was improper. The other issues were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for back disability, left foot plantar fasciitis, respiratory condition, skin condition, left leg shin splints, right leg shin splints, left knee disability, left leg arthritis, right knee disability, and right leg arthritis. However, the Veteran's claim for migraine headaches was granted.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including left ankle, right ankle, low back, left foot, right foot, left knee, and right knee conditions, as there was no evidence of a current disability or functional impairment of earning capacity.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, sleep apnea, IVDS to include as secondary to a right knee disability, left ankle disability, and right knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for further development of evidence, including obtaining private treatment records.