Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, migraine headaches, and a right knee disability due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for a right and left knee condition, finding that the Veteran's current disability is related to his active service.

The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities, including separate ratings for instability and meniscal conditions, but denied higher ratings for flexion limitations in both knees. The Board also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to December 1, 2021.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain, left knee strain, and meniscal tear, as well as a compensable rating for a left knee scar, to obtain new examinations that adequately address the Veteran's reported symptoms.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis for the appeal period beginning on June 25, 2009.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right knee degenerative joint disease and left knee osteoarthritis, as he failed to appear for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability, as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and no continuity of symptomatology.

The Board remands the matters for additional development, including obtaining retrospective addendum opinions as to the severity of the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities prior to December 2, 2024.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee instability, and separate 40 percent rating for right knee limitation of extension prior to July 27, 2019.

The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's right knee strain with shin splints and tinnitus, and remanded the claim for service connection for musculoskeletal osteomyelitis.

The appeal was denied for service connection of a cervical spine disorder, and several claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and a TDIU, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these disabilities were related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for right knee strain to ensure that the estimated range of motion provided for repeated use over time and during flare-ups is sufficient for rating purposes.

The Board granted service connection for squamous cell cancer and denied the claims for an earlier effective date, service connection for implanted cardiac pacemaker, and several other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for left knee strain, right knee strain, lumbosacral strain, and right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions. The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of right ankle fracture and a rating in excess of 60 percent for the service-connected heart condition. The Board also denied a compensable disability rating for residual scar of the anterior trunk mid sternum status post coronary artery bypass graft.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, to include osteoarthritis, and a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied the claims for an initial compensable rating for left ear sensorineural hearing loss, service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability, and a left eye disorder. However, it granted service connection for a back disability and radiculopathy of both lower extremities as secondary to the back disability.

The Board remands the appeal for an examination to determine the severity of the service-connected knee disabilities following convalescence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right knee conditions as new evidence has been received that is relevant to these claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for back, left wrist, left and right knee, and left and right shoulder conditions due to missing personnel records and an inadequate VA medical opinion.