The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected right knee disability, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's limitation of extension to 20 degrees warranted a 30 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5261.
- Claimed conditions
- internal derangement of the right knee, reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0609119
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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