The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for right knee arthritis, effective from the date of the claim. The veteran's left knee lateral meniscus tear and instability are not rated higher as they do not meet the criteria for more severe impairment.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support an increased rating based on any other diagnostic codes or additional functional limitations beyond what is already contemplated by the 20 percent rating assigned for right knee arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee instability, Residuals of a left knee lateral meniscus tear, Right knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0628068
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Decisions by this judge: 271 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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