The veteran's service-connected left knee disabilities have been granted and rated at 10 percent each, with the rating for internal derangement of the left knee increased to 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The RO found that the veteran's service-connected conditions warranted a grant of benefits based on their direct relationship to his military service without any need for additional evidence or special considerations.
- Claimed conditions
- internal derangement, left knee, anterior cruciate ligament tear, degenerative joint disease, traumatic, residuals of left knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0432330
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for his left knee disability, finding that a current disability is related to an in-service injury and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for a right knee disability to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's lay statements and explaining the etiology of her additional right knee injury.
- Partly granted
The veteran was granted a 20 percent rating for left knee degenerative arthritis, meniscal tear, and anterior cruciate ligament tear. Other claims were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's right knee conditions, stating that the evidence does not show a causal relationship to in-service events or herbicide agent exposure.
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