The Board denied an increased rating for degenerative joint disease of the left knee based on flexion, but granted a separate 30 percent rating for limitation of extension. The Board also denied an increased rating for PTSD and a compensable rating for a left knee scar.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms do not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment; the Veteran's degenerative joint disease, status post patella tendon rupture with repair, left knee is manifested by painful flexion to no worse than 40 degrees and painful extension to 20 degrees.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease, status post patella tendon rupture with repair, left knee, Left knee scar, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094635
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