The veteran's service-connected right knee disability is rated at 20 percent for arthritis and a separate 10 percent rating for instability, with no effective date provided.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the veteran's right knee disability manifested by painful motion limited to 0 to 50 degrees, evidence of a limp, slight instability requiring use of a brace, subjective complaints of pain, without impairment of the tibia and fibula. The findings supported the assigned ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the right knee, Right knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628856
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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 granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability but denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right knee instability and a 20 percent rating for painful and/or limited motion of the right knee, but denied a higher rating for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Denied
The Board denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for the veteran's left hamstring and right knee conditions, as well as a TDIU claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for left and right knee instability and limitation of flexion due to an inadequate VA examination.
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