The Board granted service connection for a back disability, effective immediately. The Board also granted a 10 percent rating for left knee tendonitis with patellofemoral pain syndrome and degenerative joint disease based on limitation of flexion from October 4, 2024, to the present, and a 50 percent rating for the same condition from February 5, 2025, to the present.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's back disability was related to active military service. For the left knee, the Board determined that the criteria for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent based on limitation of flexion were not met from March 30, 2017, to October 4, 2024, and from January 5, 2024, to February 5, 2025. However, a 10 percent rating was granted for the same condition from October 4, 2024, to the present, and a 50 percent rating was granted from February 5, 2025, to the present.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, left knee tendonitis with patellofemoral pain syndrome and degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25015187
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