The RO granted service connection for right knee injuries and degenerative joint disease, but denied higher initial evaluations. The RO assigned a separate 30% evaluation for instability of the right knee and a 10% evaluation for degenerative joint disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for right knee instability or more than 10 percent for degenerative joint disease, as there was no showing of ankylosis or nonunion of the tibia and fibula.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Injury, Degenerative Joint Disease and Chondrocalcinosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0612405
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