The Board granted a separate initial 20 percent evaluation for left knee disability and a separate 10 percent evaluation for right knee lateral instability from January 15, 2019, and also granted TDIU and SMC based on the need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude obtaining and maintaining substantial gainful employment, and he requires assistance in daily living activities due to his conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee strain status post bilateral total knee replacement, left knee lateral instability, right knee lateral instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25056744
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 948 · Granted: 52% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the severity of the Veteran's right knee subluxation and instability during the period from January 29, 2014, to September 27, 2019. Additional development is required to obtain a retrospective opinion addressing this issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected left knee disabilities due to inadequate development and lack of substantial compliance with previous remand orders.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates related to his right knee disabilities require additional development due to a lack of adequate VA examinations in relation to the period on appeal.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 20 percent rating for right knee lateral instability but denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for right knee functional ankylosis.
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