The Veteran withdrew her appeals for increased ratings and compensable ratings for various left knee conditions, including osteoarthritis, internal derangement, meniscal tear, painful scars, and post arthroscopic surgery scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew the claims in a January 2025 correspondence, thus meeting the criteria for withdrawal of the appeals.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis, internal derangement, and meniscal tear (rated based on instability), left knee joint osteoarthritis, internal derangement and meniscal tear (rated based on limitation of extension), left knee joint osteoarthritis, internal derangement and meniscal tear (rated based on limitation of flexion), painful scars, left knee scars, status post arthroscopic surgery, left knee joint osteoarthritis with instability, degenerative arthritis, other than posttraumatic, internal derangement and meniscal tear (rated based on DC 5258), three left knee scars, status post arthroscopic surgery
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022532
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 8, 2019 for the award of a 20 percent disability rating for left knee scars.
- Dismissed
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