The Board has granted a 10% rating for the service-connected status-post meniscectomy of the right knee and denied a compensable rating for the service-connected patellofemoral syndrome of the left knee.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations showed no significant orthopaedic pathology or functional impairment associated with the right knee, but MRI revealed a complex tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus and a cyst. The veteran's subjective complaints supported this finding, leading to a rating under Diagnostic Code 5259.
- Claimed conditions
- status-post meniscectomy of the right knee, patellofemoral syndrome of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0604943
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's knee conditions, except for a 10% rating for left and right knee instability effective from October 1, 2008.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate disability rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's service-connected patellofemoral syndrome of the left knee with limitation of extension from October 1, 2008 to August 11, 2017, but denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent during that same period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an addendum medical opinion addressing the ameliorative effects of medication on the Veteran's range of motion during a specific period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The claims for increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected conditions are being remanded to provide him an additional opportunity to undergo VA examinations.
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