The Board granted a 20 percent rating for degenerative joint disease of the left knee from August 17, 2018 through August 11, 2020 and a 60 percent rating for status-post left total knee replacement from October 1, 2021, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the left knee resulted in limitation of knee flexion more nearly approximating 30 degrees during flare ups and with repeated use over time, and for status-post left total knee replacement having been manifested by chronic residuals consisting of severe painful motion or weakness in the left lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee instability and subluxation, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, status-post left total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25012611
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