The Board has granted an initial 10 percent rating for right knee disability, effective August 3, 2018. A separate 10 percent rating was also granted for instability of the right knee.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms and clinical findings supported a finding that his right knee disability warranted a 10 percent rating under DC 5260 (limitation of flexion) and DC 5257 (instability).
- Claimed conditions
- right knee tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20060598
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection of right knee tendinitis, left knee tendinitis, and chronic right wrist sprain have been granted.,New evidence submitted by the Veteran has led to a readjudication of his previously denied claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right knee tendinitis due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error. The AOJ must obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral and thoracic strain.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for right and left knee disabilities due to pre-decisional errors in obtaining retrospective opinions considering functional loss without the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims of entitlement to service connection for left and right knee tendinitis due to inadequate VA medical opinion.
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