The Board granted an initial disability rating of 20 percent for right knee degenerative arthritis with limitation of motion during flexion and a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability, as well as a TDIU from October 28, 2011, to February 23, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated the criteria required for a 20 percent disability rating under DC 5260 and a 10 percent rating under DC 5257 during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthritis, right knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25058052
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bilateral knee instability and denied service connection for right and left knee instability, finding no nexus between the Veteran's knee conditions and his service or service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and bilateral knee disorders due to the need for additional VA examinations.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for right knee strain and instability but granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee limitation of extension from November 25, 2024.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee meniscal tear with degenerative arthritis and granted a separate 20 percent rating for right knee instability.
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