The deciding factor: The RO granted increased ratings based on the severity of the veteran's right knee disabilities, including arthritis and meniscal tear, but did not find that any new evidence had been submitted to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee meniscal tear, Degenerative joint disease (arthritis) of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0604468
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 granted an initial 20 percent rating for the Veteran's right knee disability, including arthritis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD, right hip strain, lumbosacral strain, right knee meniscal tear, and left wrist sprain. The claim for service connection for cervical strain was remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted separate 20 percent ratings for left and right knee meniscal tears, as well as earlier effective dates of April 9, 2014, for the Veteran's left and right shin splints.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted separate 20 percent ratings for a right knee meniscal tear and right knee instability, but the rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right knee was denied.
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