Partly granted
The Board granted a separate initial 20 percent rating for right knee meniscal tear based on limitation of knee flexion, and an initial 60 percent rating for arteriosclerotic heart disease. It also granted TDIU due to service-connected residuals of prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to the criteria met for the ratings assigned, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee meniscal tear, arteriosclerotic heart disease, supraventricular arrhythmia, status post implantable cardiac pacemaker, residuals of prostate cancer, status post radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, and hormone therapy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097657
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