The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected right knee disability warrants a 20 percent evaluation based on dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion. The appeal for an increased rating is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's right knee disability includes dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion, which aligns with the criteria for a 20 percent evaluation under DC 5258.
- Claimed conditions
- possible internal derangement with anterior cruciate deficiency, dislocated semilunar cartilage
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0605516
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 386 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted increased ratings for the service-connected left knee osteoarthritis, left and right knee instability, and left and right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy in certain periods, while denying increased ratings in other periods.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical findings in a previous VA examination, specifically regarding range of motion measurements and pain with weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability was granted a separate 20 percent rating for dislocated cartilage from July 14, 2019, through December 10, 2020. The rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis remains denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied separate compensable evaluations for right knee conditions and service connection for a left knee disability. The Veteran's left knee condition is now granted.
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