The Board granted separate 10 percent ratings for left knee limitation of extension and right and left knee lateral instability, effective from November 3, 2021, and July 27, 2022 respectively. The Board also granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability as secondary to the service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lumbar spine disability was found to be caused or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disability, leading to its grant of service connection. Additionally, the evidence supported separate ratings for the right and left knee disabilities based on lateral instability and limitation of extension.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee disability, Left knee disability, Lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25001642
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Decisions by this judge: 945 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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