Knee decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection of various joint conditions as secondary to residuals of thyroidectomy and partial parathyroidectomy status post papillary thyroid cancer due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date and increased rating for lumbosacral strain to include thoracic and lumbar degenerative disc disease and spondylosis, as well as left knee strain osteoarthritis, instability, and limitation of flexion.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased rating for knee disabilities, lumbar spine disability, and SMC based on aid and attendance and/or housebound criteria due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The appeal regarding service connection for right and left knee strain was dismissed by the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for right knee strain, left knee strain, left ankle sprain, and thoracolumbar spine degenerative disc disease and spinal fusion based on the evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and a lumbar spine disability, as well as earlier effective dates of April 19, 2022, for the award of service connection for left and right knee patellar tendinitis.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability with tibia pain and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for left hip pain secondary to the left knee disability.

The Board grants service connection for a left knee strain, right knee strain, and left shoulder condition based on their relation to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right knee patella realignment as additional medical evidence is needed to properly adjudicate the claims.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD and migraine headaches as the evidence did not support a separate diagnosis or additional symptomatology. The left knee strain issue was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a hernia and left ankle to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal regarding service connection for right and left knee degenerative arthritis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left knee strain, left leg pain, and a left foot disorder as they were not shown to be causally or etiologically related to service and were not caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.

The Board denied a compensable initial rating for the left knee scar and remanded higher ratings for the total left knee replacement, right knee instability, and right knee limitation of extension.

The Board remands the claims for a left knee disorder, right knee disorder, psychiatric disorder, and headache disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, GERD, a low back disability, and a right knee disability as the evidence did not support a finding of current disabilities related to active service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for a headache disability, bilateral hearing loss, back, left hip, right hip, left knee, right knee, left shoulder, and right shoulder disabilities.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for right knee strain, left knee strain, obstructive sleep apnea, ischemic heart disease, ischemic heart disease as a result of exposure to herbicides, and headaches.

The Board granted an effective date of December 1, 1984 for the awards of service connection for IBS, bilateral shoulder strain, bilateral elbow tendinopathy, limitation of bilateral forearm supination, and bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss but denied service connection for the other claimed conditions, remanding several claims for further development.