The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's right knee post-traumatic arthritis disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's right knee arthritis manifested with flexion limited to less than 30 degrees or extension limited to more than 10 degrees, which would warrant a rating higher than 10 percent under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee post-traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25002011
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Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right knee total knee replacement and a left knee disability, including a meniscal tear and arthritis, as secondary to the service-connected shell fragment wounds to the Veteran's knees.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic arthritis and chondromalacia of both knees, finding that new evidence supports a causal relationship between his current conditions and service.
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