Knee decisions — 2026

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development regarding his claim of service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and need for additional medical opinions. The claims include psychiatric disorders, headache disorder, and right knee disorder.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, right knee condition, and sleep apnea (to include as secondary to PTSD). The claims were dismissed due to untimely Notice of Disagreement filings.

The Veteran's back condition is granted service connection, but his right shoulder, right ankle, and right knee conditions are denied.

The Veteran's knee disabilities are rated based on their current symptomatology, with no evidence of instability or active infection. The ratings assigned do not meet the criteria for higher ratings.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The request to readjudicate the left knee and right testicle disability claims is granted, but the low back disability claim remains denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to inadequate medical opinions in the original decision. The issues of service connection are being addressed.

The Veteran's right and left knees were granted increased ratings for frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion. The issues of limited flexion and extension remain unresolved.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete service records and a need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's left knee condition is related to her military service.

The Veteran's left knee bursitis with chondromalacia is currently rated at 10 percent, but the evidence does not support a higher rating as there are no additional functional limitations or symptoms that warrant such an increase.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for anxiety, a back disability, depression, fatigue, right knee disability, and left knee disability. The Board dismissed the appeal as withdrawn.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims due to inadequate examinations and failure to notify the Veteran of VA treatment records. The claims for tinnitus, allergic rhinitis, right ankle disability, right knee disability, left ankle disability, left hip disability, left knee disability, and left shoulder disability are all being remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for right and left knee disabilities, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities resulted from injuries or diseases incurred during active military service.

The Board has remanded the case for a medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's left knee disability after discounting the beneficial effects of medication. The effective date claim is denied as there was no prior communication or intent to file a claim within one year before August 31, 2022.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including major depressive disorder and bilateral knee conditions, have precluded him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU rating for the period beginning April 5, 2020.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral eye disability, a left knee disability, and a right wrist disability have been dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeal of these issues prior to the promulgation of a decision.,The Veteran's appeals for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, a left shoulder disability, and a right knee disability are being remanded as there is a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to duty to assist errors identified during higher-level review. The Veteran's right knee and right elbow disabilities are now subject to further development.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for right knee scar is denied, and his residuals of lumbar strain are granted a 20 percent disability rating effective June 10, 2019.

The Board has denied service connection for Bell's palsy and remanded the low back, radiculopathy, elbow, knee, and pes planus claims due to incomplete records.

The Board has remanded the service connection claim for erectile dysfunction. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and other disabilities do not meet the criteria for a TDIU from August 2018 to March 25, 2024, but his combined disability rating of 100% since then satisfies the requirement for SMC.