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The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disability, characterized as post-operative residuals of a meniscectomy with instability, meets the criteria for a 30 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5257.

The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the veteran to be an excellent candidate for a total knee replacement due to his severe right knee instability and degenerative changes.

Claimed conditions
status-post medial meniscectomy of the right knee with instability, degenerative osteoarthritis
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating
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Decision date
January 9, 2003
Citation
0300487

Veterans Law Judge

Richard B. Frank

Decisions by this judge: 127 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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