The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not support higher evaluations.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical records did not show sufficient functional loss or limitation to warrant a higher rating under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a right knee injury, right patellar instability, residuals of a right knee meniscal tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25003310
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Decisions by this judge: 1,612 · Granted: 16% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of a right knee meniscal tear to include degenerative joint disease, finding that the Veteran's in-service injury led to his current condition.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy was granted an effective date of August 24, 2012. The ratings for the other conditions were denied or remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's right knee disability, as the previous examination lacked sufficient detail regarding pain and functional loss.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings have been dismissed as the appellant has withdrawn their appeal in its entirety.
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