The Board has granted a combined rating of 60 percent for the veteran's residuals of medial meniscectomy, right, with degenerative changes and arthritis in the right knee.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a combined evaluation of 60 percent due to moderate instability (20%) and limitation of extension (-44 degrees) in the right knee.
- Claimed conditions
- Medial meniscectomy, Degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0032050
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a disability rating greater than 20 percent for his left knee degenerative arthritis with history of medial meniscectomy due to extenuating circumstances such as the Veteran's recent stroke and inability to attend VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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