The veteran's service-connected right knee conditions have been rated at the maximum available under the applicable diagnostic codes, with a separate rating for each condition. The RO has granted increased ratings for both his status post right knee meniscectomy and degenerative joint disease of the right knee.
The deciding factor: Higher evaluations are available for each condition, and the veteran is presumed to seek the maximum available benefit for a disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee, Status Post Right Knee Medial Meniscectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0303514
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the right knee.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded all substantially gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience would otherwise qualify him, from April 1, 2011, but no earlier.
- Granted
The Veteran's disability rating for degenerative joint disease of the right knee was reduced from 30 percent to 10 percent. The Board has now restored the original 30 percent rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to failure to provide proper notice and scheduling of a VA examination.
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