The Board found that the veteran's service-connected left knee and right knee disabilities do not warrant a higher disability rating as they do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show findings of instability, recurrent subluxation, swelling, or locking with effusion in the joints that would support separate ratings under Diagnostic Codes 5257 and 5258. The veteran's knee flexion was limited to at most 115 degrees and his extension was limited by at most 5 degrees.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals, Right Medial Meniscectomy with Chondromalacia, Traumatic Arthritis, Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0638720
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