Knee decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for left knee disability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct a predecisional duty to assist error in verifying all periods of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA during the Veteran's Reserve service.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee condition, finding that the Veteran's pre-existing left knee condition was aggravated by his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder strain, right knee strain, lumbosacral strain, and right lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to lumbosacral strain to obtain adequate nexus opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability and right elbow medial epicondylitis with osteoarthritis, but remanded the issue of a right shoulder disability for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to an error in verifying the Veteran's active service and obtaining his complete service personnel records and treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle disability and remanded the claims for left ankle, knee, and hip disabilities due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for right knee patellar pain syndrome, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to an in-service injury.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including foot, ankle, knee, elbow, leg varicose veins, colon cancer, prostate disability, and psychiatric disability, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist omissions.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for increased ratings and service connection for various conditions.

The Board grants service connection for right knee strain, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to in-service right knee pain.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral strain and related conditions, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic arthritis of the left knee due to a lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, hypertension, migraines, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the appellant's military service. The claims for service connection for right foot disability, left foot disability, cervical strain, lumbar strain, left upper extremity (LUE) radiculopathy, right upper extremity (RUE) radiculopathy, left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy, right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, left knee disability, and right ankle disability were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's left knee conditions are related to his military service or his service-connected right knee disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right ankle disability and a higher rating for her right knee disability, while remanding claims for lower back and left knee disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, and neck conditions due to multiple pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an effective date of April 19, 2017, for the grants of entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder disorder and a right knee disorder.

The appeal disputing the proposed severance of service connection for a right knee disability based on limitation of flexion and extension is dismissed.

The appeal for service connection for a recurrent right knee disability and a recurrent left knee disability was dismissed due to improper docketing under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) appeals system.