Your left knee disability has already been granted service connection, so your appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection was previously denied and then reissued as a grant of service connection in the same decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disabilities, status post left knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair, associated scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19181025
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 880 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation 19181025.
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disabilities were granted service connection and an increased rating. Other conditions, including IBS, bilateral hip disabilities, left knee disabilities, and hypothyroidism, received increased ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the VA examination provided for the rating of PFB is inadequate and remands the case to obtain a new, adequate examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of increased initial ratings for the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities since January 14, 2019. The AOJ is instructed to correct an error in assigning a 30 percent rating after termination of the temporary total rating without medical evidence, and to schedule a VA examination for the left knee.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including panic disorder, bilateral shoulder disabilities, and left knee disabilities, have rendered him unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment from September 27, 2016, to October 11, 2022. The Board has granted a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for this period.
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