The Board restored a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected left knee painful scar and a 50 percent rating for left knee strain and internal derangement with decreased extension, effective April 1, 2023.
The deciding factor: The reduction was improper as it did not meet the criteria of material improvement under ordinary conditions of life, especially given that the ratings had been in effect for more than five years.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee painful scar, left knee strain and internal derangement with decreased extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25030971
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 835 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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