The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's bilateral knee conditions, except for granting a 20% rating for right and left knee meniscus conditions from October 8, 2020.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the findings that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for higher ratings during the relevant periods due to limited extension or dislocation of semilunar cartilage, with the exception of granting a 20% rating for meniscus conditions from October 8, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee arthralgia with limitation of extension, right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage, left knee arthralgia with limitation of extension, left knee dislocated semilunar cartilage, right knee meniscus condition, left knee meniscus condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009792
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's right knee meniscus condition, effective April 12, 2024, and denied a reduction in the rating from 10 percent to 0 percent for her right knee disability.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for right knee limitation of flexion and dislocated semilunar cartilage, but granted a compensable disability rating for right knee instability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate rating of 20 percent from July 16, 2019, to November 22, 2021, for right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage and denied an increased rating greater than 10 percent for right knee painful motion with arthritis prior to November 22, 2021.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for the service-connected left knee degenerative arthritis prior to August 7, 2015, and denied higher ratings for instability and dislocated semilunar cartilage.
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