The Board has determined that the veteran's left knee disability, post-operative meniscectomy and retropatellar pain syndrome, warrants a 30 percent evaluation effective from September 4, 1998.
The deciding factor: The recent medical evidence indicated severe symptomatology including limitation of motion to 130 degrees with tenderness, slight swelling, and weakness compared to the right leg. These findings supported a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5257 for other impairment of the knee due to recurrent subluxation or lateral instability.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative left knee meniscectomy, retropatellar pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0117627
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete service records and the need for a medical opinion regarding whether the right knee condition existed prior to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's disability ratings for her left knee conditions are being remanded due to procedural errors, and a new examination is needed. The TDIU claim is also remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development regarding his left knee disability, including limitation of motion and instability. The current ratings are not higher than the assigned levels.
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