Knee decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a compensable rating for various musculoskeletal conditions, as well as remanded two service connection claims.

The Veteran was granted a 60 percent evaluation for joint osteoarthritis status post total left knee replacement since June 5, 2016.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and lumbar spine disorder due to a predecisional duty to assist error in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty.

The Board denied service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, and left upper extremity radiculopathy. The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to March 11, 2021, for a left knee strain and bilateral tinnitus was also denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for left knee condition and right knee condition due to an inadequate VA examination.

The veteran withdrew the appeal before a decision was made, and therefore all issues were dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, as no new and material evidence was received prior to April 27, 2022.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of right and left knee patellofemoral syndrome to obtain a supplemental VA opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's conditions, without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability but denied it for a right shoulder condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right knee strain to include osteoarthritis, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for instability or limitation of flexion and extension.

The Board granted service connection for left knee, right knee, right ankle, left ankle, lumbar spine, and cervical spine disabilities but denied service connection for a right shoulder disability. The Board also remanded the claims for tension headaches, kidney condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted revision of the August 1977 rating decision to grant service connection for a left knee scar due to a service-connected left knee disability and assigned an effective date of March 19, 1977.

The Board remands the claims for a new addendum opinion to consider the ameliorative effects of medication on the Veteran's right knee and left shoulder disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, finding that the Veteran's pre-existing condition was aggravated by his military service.

The Board denied increased ratings for various knee and back conditions, sciatica, and femoral nerve impairment, except for a 20 percent rating granted for left and right femoral nerve impairment beginning August 25, 2022.

The Board granted a 20 percent evaluation for right knee instability prior to September 22, 2015, and a 60 percent evaluation for the residuals of a right total knee arthroplasty since November 1, 2016, but denied an increased rating for right knee internal derangement with traumatic arthritis prior to that date and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the criteria for intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative arthritis or for TDIU.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability and left knee disability for an addendum opinion.

The Board granted service connection for right hip strain, left hip strain, left elbow degenerative arthritis with strain, right elbow disability, right knee strain and shin splints, left knee strain and shin splints, right shoulder strain with rotator cuff tendonitis, left shoulder strain with rotator cuff tendonitis, and sleep disability. The Board denied service connection for bronchitis, hair loss disease/disability, diabetes mellitus type 2, and hypertension.