The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disability, characterized as lateral tracking of patella with recurrent subluxation or instability, warrants a rating of 10 percent based on its current symptoms and functional impairment.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's right knee disability is manifested by recurrent subluxation or lateral instability, which aligns with the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5257 (recurrent subluxation or lateral instability of the knee).
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Dislocation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0007225
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability and secondary service connection for a left knee disability as secondary to the right knee disability due to lack of evidence linking current conditions to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability, including dislocation and a medial patellofemoral tear, has been granted service connection. He is currently rated at 10 percent for limitation of flexion.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's right knee disability was previously rated at 10% prior to June 10, 2010. Since then, the rating has been increased to 30% for the period from June 10, 2010 to November 9, 2010 and further increased to 10% since November 10, 2010.,The Veteran's right knee disability is currently rated at 40% (30% + 10%) for the period from June 10, 2010 onwards.
- Denied
The Board found no grounds to assign a rating higher than the current 20 percent for the Veteran's right knee disability, as his symptoms do not warrant an increase in his existing rating.
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