The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for right shoulder disability and denied increased ratings for various knee disabilities, radiculopathy, GERD, and MDD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee flexion was limited to no worse than 50 degrees, his left knee extension did not meet criteria for a compensable rating, the right knee chondromalacia patella and anterior cruciate ligament strain met criteria for a 20 percent rating from June 17, 2021, but not higher ratings at other times, and the evidence did not support increased ratings or service connection for other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, left knee strain (limitation of flexion), left knee strain (limitation of extension), right knee chondromalacia patella and anterior cruciate ligament strain (limitation of flexion and cartilage, limitation of extension, instability), left lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), major depressive disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094469
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,272 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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