Granted
The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and specific ratings for various knee conditions, effective March 19, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported the criteria for the assigned ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of extension of the left knee, limitation of extension of the right knee, left knee instability, right knee instability, left knee semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of 'locking,' pain, and effusion into the joint, painful scar of the left knee, painful scar of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25000446
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