The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disability warrants a separate 20 percent rating for pain with limitation of motion, in addition to the previously assigned 20 percent rating based on instability. The overall disability is rated as 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and treatment records consistently indicated significant pain and functional loss associated with right knee movement, warranting a separate rating under Diagnostic Code 5261 for limitation of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee instability, Chondromalacia of the right knee with patella femoral symptoms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0201448
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability but denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right knee instability and a 20 percent rating for painful and/or limited motion of the right knee, but denied a higher rating for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for degenerative disc disease (DDD) with degenerative arthritis and retrolisthesis from February 16, 2021. Other claims were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied various claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, with the exception of granting a 10 percent rating for right knee instability.
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