The Veteran's initial compensable rating for the service-connected right knee scars from October 21, 2011 to April 3, 2013 was denied. An initial 20 percent rating and no higher for the service-connected right knee scars from April 3, 2013 to December 20, 2016 was granted. The Veteran's initial compensable rating for the service-connected right knee scars from December 20, 2016 to April 1, 2020 was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the right knee scars were painful or unstable during the relevant periods.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23055370
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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 right knee scars are rated at a separate 10 percent under Diagnostic Code 7804 throughout the entire period on appeal, but no higher. The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the service-connected right knee scars under Diagnostic Code 7805.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating for his bilateral pes planus, right leg length discrepancy, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right knee scars, or limitation of extension and flexion of the left knee.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for initial compensable evaluations for right knee scars and residuals of right knee injury post-operative arthroscopy, extension have been dismissed. The appeal for an increased rating for PTSD has also been dismissed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right knee scars are painful and the Board has granted a 10% rating for these scars, effective December 30, 2019.
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