The Board has granted a temporary total rating based on convalescence from August 8, 2000 to September 30, 2000. The veteran's service-connected right knee disorder is currently rated as 10 percent disabling since November 1, 2000.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran has ongoing symptoms of pain and instability in his right knee, but does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on limitation of motion or functional loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee meniscectomy, Anterior cruciate ligament repair
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0500280
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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
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