The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee instability from August 12, 2008 to November 3, 2013 and denied higher ratings for the left quadriceps muscle injury with left knee tendon repair and degenerative arthritis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee disability manifested instability that most nearly approximated slight without ankylosis or its functional equivalent, involvement of the meniscus, or impairment of the tibia or fibula from August 12, 2008 to November 3, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- Left quadriceps muscle injury with left knee tendon repair and degenerative arthritis, Left hip disability (tendinopathy, tendinitis, and a hip strain), Right hip disability (tendinopathy, tendinitis, and a hip strain)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25008049
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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