Knee decisions — 2025

The veteran's appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left knee condition and a bilateral eye condition to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, requiring additional medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for right wrist, left wrist, right hip, left hip, and right ankle disabilities but granted service connection for right knee and left knee patellar instability. The claims for a right shoulder, right elbow, and left elbow disability were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for left knee arthritis and right knee arthritis based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right hand degenerative joint disease, left hand degenerative joint disease, right knee arthritis, left knee patellofemoral arthritis, and right hip osteoarthritis and degenerative joint disease to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of onset during or within one year after service and no medical nexus between in-service noise exposure and the current condition.

The Board restored the 20 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain and remanded higher rating claims for bilateral knee conditions.

The Board granted an effective date of January 12, 2022, for the award of service connection for sinusitis and irritable bowel syndrome but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss from February 17, 2022.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, and back disabilities to correct pre-decisional errors in the AOJ's efforts to assist the appellant with the development of her claims.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a right knee disability to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the June 2021 decision on appeal.

The Board granted an effective date of November 19, 2019, for the award of service connection for left knee residual of meniscal injury with degenerative joint disease and based on painful motion.

The Board denied an increased rating for thoracolumbar strain but granted a compensable rating for GERD, and denied service connection for left knee strain and bilateral knee arthritis.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral shoulder, left wrist, bilateral hip, and left ankle disabilities as there is no current disability. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was remanded for further development.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD and granted service connection for tinnitus, while remanding claims for bilateral hearing loss, right knee strain disorder, and left knee strain disorder.

The appeals for an effective date prior to February 4, 2016, for the awards of service connection for left knee, right knee, and left ankle disabilities were dismissed by the Veteran during a Board hearing.

The Board denied service connection for unspecified depressive disorder and PTSD with insomnia, while remanding claims for erectile dysfunction and knee conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grant as he does not have a permanent and total service-connected disability that meets the criteria.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the evaluation of residuals, injury to the left knee, meniscal tear.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and service connection, resulting in the dismissal of all claims.