The Board has granted a 20 percent disability rating for osteochondritis dissecans of the right knee, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's osteochondritis dissecans significantly hampered his daily activities and warranted a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5257.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteochondritis dissecans of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0300572
Veterans Law Judge
Acting
Decisions by this judge: 191 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his right knee instability prior to August 10, 2011 was denied as the evidence did not show more than slight instability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran is seeking higher initial ratings for his service-connected osteochondritis dessecans of the knees. The RO granted service connection and assigned an initial 10 percent rating for each knee, but the case is being remanded due to a lack of recent medical examination.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an increased rating for his right knee disability. The claim for PTSD was denied due to a lack of current diagnosis, while the right knee disability was rated at 10% based on arthritis with limitation of motion.
- Whole decision: Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected osteochondritis dissecans of the right knee does not warrant an increase in its evaluation beyond the current 10 percent rating.
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