Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remanded all issues to correct a duty to assist error. The Veteran will receive VA examinations for his claimed conditions.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and sleep apnea were denied. The claims for upper back condition, low back condition, left hand condition, and right knee condition were remanded for further examination.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of a left knee disability, to include as secondary to the veteran's service-connected right knee disability. The Board found that medical opinions were inadequate and required an addendum medical opinion.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to obtain additional medical opinions. The Veteran's death certificate indicated suicide by asphyxiation, with contributory factors including prior suicide attempts, suicidal ideations, PTSD, and ADHD.

The veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted. The claims for left and right knee disorders were denied, and the claim for TMD was remanded.

The veteran's rating for left knee pain was restored to 10% effective June 15, 2022. A higher rating was denied.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. The claims for a left knee disorder and migraines are remanded for further evaluation.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. Service connection for left and right knee disorders is denied. Entitlement to service connection for back and heart disorders is remanded.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus type II, including as due to right knee strain. The Veteran's specific in-service toxic exposures and a new medical opinion are required.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities but remanded the claims for psychiatric disability and sleep disturbances.

The veteran's claim for service connection for left hip strain, secondary to their left knee disability, has been granted. The evidence showed that the hip strain was at least as likely as not caused by the knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's right knee conditions, stating that the evidence does not show a causal relationship to in-service events or herbicide agent exposure.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with degenerative arthritis.

The veteran's claim for service connection of right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as a manifestation of the service-connected right leg varicose veins was granted. The claim for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and other issues were denied or remanded.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and migraine headaches. The case was remanded because additional development is needed to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

Service connection for all claimed conditions except glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency was denied. Service connection for glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency is remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for TDIU benefits. The increase in disability occurred before the one-year period prior to the claim date.

The veteran withdrew their appeal, so the Board dismissed all issues related to disability ratings for service-connected conditions.

The veteran's appeal for service connection of her left knee disability was granted. The Board found that the veteran's left knee disability is related to her military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various service-connected knee conditions.