The VA has denied an increased rating for the veteran's postoperative residuals of a left knee ACL insufficiency and meniscus tear, currently rated as 10 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating due to lack of instability or significant functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Postoperative residuals of a left knee ACL insufficiency, Meniscus tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0027371
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate, 20 percent rating for left knee instability under Diagnostic Code 5257 and denied an increased rating greater than 10 percent for the Veteran's left knee PFS under Diagnostic Code 5260 and a separate disability rating under Diagnostic Code 5258 for a meniscus tear.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated at 10% for limitation of motion and a separate 20% rating for instability. The Board has granted the 20% rating for instability, finding moderate instability warranting such a rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to new evidence received after a prior final denial. The Veteran's right knee disorders are currently being reviewed on their merits, with an emphasis on determining whether they are related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected right knee disability is remanded due to the current rating of 20% not meeting his claimed level of disability. The issue of entitlement to TDIU prior to September 17, 2020, on an extraschedular basis, has also been remanded.
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