The Board has dismissed the appeals for an increased rating for left knee limitation of flexion and entitlement to a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities as they have been remanded by the Board in October 2025.
The deciding factor: The issues on appeal were previously addressed in a previous decision, which was subsequently remanded. As such, this current appeal is considered duplicative and has been dismissed.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee limitation of flexion, chondromalacia of left patella with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2026
- Citation
- A26003659
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for left ear hearing loss and granted earlier effective dates of January 22, 2024, for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss, a left shoulder disability (left shoulder strain with joint instability), a low back disability (lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS)), left knee strain, left knee limitation of flexion, and left knee limitation of extension.
- Denied
The Board found that the severance of service connection for left knee osteoarthritis and limitation of flexion was proper, and the reduction in the schedular rating from 20 percent to 10 percent for left knee chondromalacia with spurring and patellofemoral syndrome was improper. The appeal is denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for right and left knee disabilities due to pre-decisional errors in obtaining retrospective opinions considering functional loss without the ameliorative effects of medication.
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