Knee decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for left and right elbow disabilities manifested by numbness, but denied service connection for a low back disability and other claimed conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and special monthly compensation, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability and knee disability to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to an RO hearing.

The Board denied increased ratings for right and left knee patellar tendon tendinosis due to painful motion but granted separate disability ratings of 10 percent each for recurrent subluxation and instability.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date of service connection for her bilateral knee conditions, as the evidence did not show that the requirements for service connection were met during service or within one year after separation from active duty.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings to provide the Veteran with VA examinations.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for a left hip condition, denied an initial rating higher than 10 percent for service-connected left knee strain, granted an initial 20 percent rating for service-connected left ankle disability prior to February 10, 2021, and denied a rating higher than 10 percent for the same from February 10, 2021 onward. The Board also remanded entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and referred a claim for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety due to chronic pain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right knee disability, left knee disability, spine disability, and sleep apnea to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, left and right knee disabilities, and right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve disabilities. However, the Veteran's lumbosacral strain was granted service connection.

The Board granted service connection for left knee strain, right knee strain, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis based on evidence supporting current diagnoses and a nexus to in-service symptoms.

The Board denied increased ratings for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, and knee limitations but granted separate 10 percent ratings for left and right knee flexion due to pain.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's bilateral knee osteoarthritis due to evidence showing worsening conditions.

The Board granted service connection for right knee strain with meniscal tear, effective June 17, 2022.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorders have rendered him so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance, thus granting SMC based on aid and attendance.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, left knee degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, and lumbosacral strain as secondary to the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder. The Board also granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder from November 8, 2021.

The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability was dismissed as the benefit sought on appeal has been granted in full.

The Board denied an increased rating for meniscal tear, knee joint osteoarthritis, and chondromalacia patella but granted separate ratings of 20 percent for instability and 10 percent for limitation of extension.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee, right ankle, and right foot disability based on the evidence showing that these conditions were aggravated by military service.

The Veteran's migraines were granted a 30 percent rating from May 4, 2023, but an initial rating in excess of 30 percent was denied. Service connection for various knee and hand disabilities, as well as a back disability, was also denied.