Knee decisions — 2025

The Board vacates its September 14, 2020, decision due to a failure in administrative procedures regarding the mailing of a May 2020 SSOC.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left and right knee, hand, hip, and foot conditions, to obtain additional medical evidence.

The appeals for service connection of various conditions, including anemia and multiple musculoskeletal and neurological issues, were dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his claims.

The Board denied ratings higher than 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the right and left knee, but granted a separate 10 percent rating for slight instability of the left knee.

The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for psoriasis, a 20 percent rating for left shoulder psoriatic arthritis, and other ratings ranging from 10 to 40 percent for various psoriatic arthritic conditions of the hands and knees. The claims for service connection for multiple disabilities were remanded.

The Board denied a higher rating for tinnitus and remanded several other claims related to the veteran's disabilities, including those involving hearing loss, knee radiculopathy, and hip disability.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to tinnitus, denied service connection for a left knee disorder and umbilical hernia.

The Board remands the claim for a right knee disability to address deficiencies in the previous VA examination and consider new evidence.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, right shoulder strain, left shoulder strain, right elbow strain, left elbow strain, and left knee strain based on the Veteran's credible lay statements of continuous symptoms since service.

The Board denied service connection for left knee strain as there is no evidence of a current disability at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee pain and muscle spasms and injury to the left foot, as there was no current diagnosis of a disability in either case.

The Board granted service connection for right knee status-post arthroscopy for meniscal tear, finding that the Veteran's current disability is related to an in-service injury during a drill weekend.

The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied or remanded claims for other disabilities.

The Board denied the motion to reverse an October 1996 rating decision that denied service connection for a left knee disability due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding no undebatable errors. The right knee claim was dismissed without prejudice as proper CUE allegations were not made.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability and left knee disability, both of which the appellant claimed were related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disorder and remanded the claim for left knee strain due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the right knee based on limitation of motion and a 20 percent rating for the semilunar cartilage condition, but denied ratings greater than 10 percent or 30 percent for instability.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for median neuropathy at the DIP of the left index finger, and denied a higher rating for partial amputation of the left index finger. The Board also granted 10 percent ratings for right and left ankle tendonitis and strain.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for earlier effective dates for service connection for various conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), left hip degenerative arthritis, and other musculoskeletal issues.

The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's right knee disability but granted a separate 10 percent rating for symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage.