The Board has granted an effective date of June 13, 2000 for a 20 percent rating for right knee instability and August 2, 1996 for service connection. The combined rating is 30 percent. However, the TDIU claim was denied as there are no service-connected disabilities that meet the criteria for a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the percentage requirements for consideration of a TDIU rating on a schedular basis and the case does not involve an exceptional or unusual disability picture as would warrant the Board referring the case for extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Arthritis, Right Knee Instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0328667
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