Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision 0201368
The deciding factor: The veteran's knee disorders are currently manifested by flexion objectively limited to 30 degrees, together with pain, tenderness, and spasm. The assignment of an increased rating for a central vestibular disorder based on staggering would amount to an evaluation of the same disability and/or manifestation under different diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- meniscus tear of the left knee, meniscus tear and chondromalacia of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0201368
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