The veteran's service-connected traumatic degenerative joint disease and surgical scar, left knee, status post total knee replacement are not manifested by objective evidence of severely painful motion or weakness, ankylosis, symptomatic scarring, limitation of extension to 30 degrees, instability, or nonunion of the tibia and fibula with loose motion. As such, his disability evaluation remains at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's left knee disability does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes due to lack of objective evidence of severely painful motion or weakness, ankylosis, symptomatic scarring, limitation of extension to 30 degrees, instability, or nonunion of the tibia and fibula with loose motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Degenerative Joint Disease, Surgical Scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2003
- Citation
- 0332187
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