Catalina to Monterey

mmilton226 wrote:

I just did a reinstall and it installed Catalina. I have previously been using Monterey. Can I upgrade from Catalina to Monterey without going through all of the other upgrades?

I would try —How to upgrade to macOS Monterey

How to upgrade to macOS Monterey - Apple Support

Caution - jumping over all the newer versions and directly to Monterey on Qualifying computers is Technically possible - there are those who have attempted and were successful.

Then there are those who attempted and had less than good results.

If this is a Production or Mission Critical Set-up - a more prudent and measure approach is suggested. 

The above is from observations on the Apple Support Community Forums and IMHO