Knee decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee disabilities but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The Board also remanded the increased rating claim for lumbar spine disability.

The Board remands the claims for a lumbar spine disability, bilateral knee disabilities, and bilateral hip disabilities to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied TDIU and DEA prior to June 26, 2022 but granted SMC effective April 21, 2023.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a left knee disability, as there was no legal basis to do so.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disorders, including left and right shoulder, right and left knee, and lumbar spine conditions, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for left and right hip conditions, a higher rating for left ankle strain, and remanded claims for low back and right knee conditions.

The Board denied service connection for both the lower back condition and right knee condition as there was no evidence of an onset or worsening during active service.

The Board granted an initial rating of 20 percent for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but remanded other claims related to obstructive sleep apnea, bladder condition, left knee disability, degenerative disc disease, bilateral hearing loss, and right shoulder disability.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder condition, left forearm, wrist, hand and finger condition, left knee condition, and right knee condition based on new and relevant evidence.

The appeal for service connection for a left knee condition in the modernized review system (AMA) was dismissed due to procedural defects.

The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder mixed with depression was granted a 70 percent rating from July 23, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for lower back pain, right ankle pain, left ankle pain, right elbow pain, left knee pain, and right knee pain as there is no evidence of a current disability or chronic functional impairment.

The Board found that the reduction of the rating for service-connected painful left foot scar from 10 percent to 0 percent, effective July 19, 2023, was not proper and is void ab initio.

The Board granted service connection for right knee keloid scars and remanded the claims for persistent edema and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a right knee disability.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the 38 U.S.C. � 1114(l 1/2) rate pursuant to 38 U.S.C. � 1114(p), subject to any statutory or regulatory cap.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for right knee osteoarthritis, status post total knee replacement with meniscal tear.

The Board granted service connection for left knee, right knee, lumbosacral strain, and right hand scars, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sinusitis, urticaria, allergic rhinitis, tension headaches, shoulder bursitis, foot plantar fasciitis, ankle tendonitis, thumb strain, and PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder. The Board also remanded claims for fatigue, CFS, sleep apnea, and amputated left little finger.

The Veteran's appeal requests for the specified rating decisions were denied as they were not timely filed, and good cause was not shown to accept late filings.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of June 16, 2023, for the awards of service connection for PTSD with severe alcohol use disorder in sustained remission, left knee meniscal tear (semilunar cartilage) with tendinosis, and left knee joint instability with tendinosis (incomplete/partial ligament tear).