The Board granted service connection for a low back disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities and assigned ratings of 20 percent for both the repaired left knee meniscal tear and the unrepaired right knee meniscal tear, while denying higher ratings for painful and limited motion in both knees.
The deciding factor: The Board granted service connection for a low back disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities due to an altered gait, and assigned 20 percent ratings for the repaired left knee meniscal tear and the unrepaired right knee meniscal tear based on persistent instability with medical provider-prescribed braces.
- Claimed conditions
- painful and limited motion of the left knee, residuals of a repaired complete left knee meniscal tear, painful and limited motion of the right knee, unrepaired right knee meniscal tear, low back disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104637
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