Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's painful bilateral knee scars and remanded the claim for a compensable rating for her hypothyroidism.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's bilateral knee scars are painful, meeting the criteria for a 10 percent rating under DC 7804. The claim for a compensable rating for hypothyroidism was remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee scar, left knee scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105810
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