The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the veteran's service-connected left knee disability, finding that the current limitation of motion and daily pain in the knee are adequately reflected by the existing 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The degree of limited and painful motion demonstrated on recent VA evaluations is not sufficient to warrant a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Codes 5260 and 5261, as well as the veteran's ligamentous structure was found intact with no clinical evidence of any laxity in his left knee.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee scar, chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0203495
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What this means for you
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