The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for left knee instability from May 6, 2014 to December 9, 2019 and a 30 percent rating from December 10, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee disability was found to be productive of moderate recurrent subluxation or lateral instability prior to December 10, 2019, and severe recurrent subluxation or lateral instability with unrepaired or failed repair of a complete ligament tear causing persistent instability from December 10, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25015264
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