The Board granted a separate rating of 20 percent for left knee locking based on the Veteran's testimony and medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran experiences frequent episodes of joint pain and 'locking' in his left knee, warranting a separate 20 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5258.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee locking
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25049083
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Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for endometriosis, hysterectomy, rheumatoid arthritis, and left knee locking due to inadequate medical opinions and incomplete records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right knee locking, but remanded evaluations greater than 10 percent for bilateral knee limitation of flexion, limitation of extension, and scars.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his bilateral knee disabilities, lumbosacral spine disability, and anxiety disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board denies his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).
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