The Board denied increased ratings greater than 20 percent for the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities, including limited flexion and extension.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's knee conditions warranted a rating higher than 20 percent based on limitation of flexion and extension from March 28, 2024 onward.
- Claimed conditions
- Limited flexion of the right knee, Limited extension of the right knee, Limited flexion of the left knee, Limited extension of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25004004
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings on the issues of right total knee arthroplasty, chondromalacia of the left knee and deformity of patella, bilateral hearing loss, and limited extension of the left knee have been dismissed as moot due to a separate Board decision adjudicating these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to a lack of adequate medical evidence regarding the severity and manifestations of the Veteran's right knee disabilities from February 2015 to the present.
- Dismissed
The appeal for increased initial disability ratings was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a Notice of Disagreement within one year of the rating decisions.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability, characterized as arthritis of the left knee status post-ACL repair with instability and limited flexion prior to July 23, 2020, is rated at 10 percent for each condition.,For the period after September 1, 2021, when the Veteran had a total left knee replacement, he was assigned a 30 percent rating.
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