Knee decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability and left and right shoulder disabilities, but denied service connection for right and left elbow disabilities.

The Board denied increased ratings for left and right knee derangement syndrome with DJD, finding that the criteria for a rating higher than 10 percent were not met.

The claims for service connection for a low back disorder, right knee disorder, bilateral flat feet, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded for further development.

The Board granted a disability rating of 20 percent for interior/posterior cruciate ligament instability, right knee, from February 7, 2021.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for left knee instability from March 3, 2015.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability and denied service connection for a cardiovascular disorder, vertigo, back disability, and left shoulder disability.

The Board granted a rating of 30 percent for left knee instability, but dismissed the appeal for individual unemployability as moot.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability is dismissed.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for right knee instability and denied higher ratings for the other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left knee disability and right knee disability to correct an error by the RO in satisfying a regulatory duty.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include depression and duress, and a right shoulder disability. The claims for back, right knee, and left knee disabilities were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities to cure pre-decisional errors in VA's duty to assist, including obtaining an adequate etiology opinion.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability and a left knee disability, finding that the Veteran's bilateral knee disability had its onset during active service and has manifested continuously since.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right knee meniscal tear with shin splints, limitation of flexion; right knee meniscal tear with shin splints; right knee scars; lumbosacral strain; and bilateral pes planus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for neck, right and left knee, and right and left foot disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions that did not address the Veteran's lay statements or mechanism of injury.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of left ankle, right ankle, left knee, and right knee conditions as moot because these conditions were granted in an April 2024 rating decision.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches was granted, while other claims were withdrawn or remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a left knee disability as secondary to right wrist fracture residuals due to an error by the AOJ in failing to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee joint pain disability, finding that the Veteran's current right knee disability had its onset during active service.