The Board has determined that the veteran's left knee disability, characterized by pain on motion and mild to moderate degenerative changes, warrants a 10 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's left knee disability is primarily manifested by pain on motion, slight limitation of flexion, mild tenderness, mild varus alignment, mild to moderate effusion, and X-ray findings of mild degenerative joint disease. The highest schedular evaluation under Diagnostic Codes 5260 or 5261 for limitation of motion does not apply due to the veteran's full range of extension.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and partial medial meniscectomy of the left knee with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0003821
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