The Board denied readjudication of the claims for service connection and increased disability ratings due to a lack of new and relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: The submitted lay statements were not new or relevant, as they were identical to those previously considered in September 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee joint instability, left knee joint instability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093745
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,934 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his left and right knee conditions, as well as a compensable rating for scars of the right knee.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis and a rating of 30 percent for left knee joint instability, while remanding other issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a separate compensable evaluation for right knee joint instability, a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected right knee osteoarthritis limitation of extension, TDIU based on a single disability (right knee), and ratings in excess of 50 percent and 10 percent for anxiety disorder not otherwise specified and GERD respectively, to ensure adequate medical examinations are conducted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left knee joint instability and limitation of flexion are remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations, as well as a determination on whether he is entitled to a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
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