The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for postoperative residuals of the right knee, effective from the date of the July 1994 rating decision. The initial rating of 20 percent for osteoarthritis of the right knee from March 1995 remains unchanged.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows severe lateral subluxation and significant symptoms in the right knee requiring multiple medications for relief, warranting a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5257.
- Claimed conditions
- Postoperative residuals of a right knee, Osteoarthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0205963
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