The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right and left knee instability from August 15, 2022 to January 28, 2025, a 50 percent rating for right knee ankylosis from January 28, 2025, and a 60 percent rating for left knee ankylosis from January 28, 2025. The claim for a higher disability rating for left knee limitation of extension prior to January 28, 2025 was denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right and left knee instability were more approximate to 'severe' instability under the applicable criteria, while his left knee ankylosis met or exceeded the criteria for a higher rating from January 28, 2025. The evidence did not support a finding of unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral syndrome with instability, left knee patellofemoral syndrome with instability, left knee limitation of extension due to painful motion, right knee ankylosis, left knee ankylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25012311
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Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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