The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition is directly related to his active military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence was found to be in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current right knee disability is causally related to his active service, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee strain with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108350
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the failure to consider additional evidence submitted after the initial rating decisions.,Service connection claims for a left knee disability, lumbosacral spine disability, and lower extremity neuropathies require further development.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for right and left knee strain with degenerative arthritis, but remanded the claims for separate ratings based on instability and/or locking.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected right knee strain with degenerative arthritis, but remanded other issues including entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
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