The Board has determined that the veteran's partial meniscectomy residuals of both knees do not warrant a higher rating, as they currently manifest no more than moderate instability in the right knee and slight instability in the left knee.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's knee conditions are characterized by moderate to slight lateral instability without subluxation or ankylosis, which corresponds to the current 20% rating assigned for his partial meniscectomy residuals of the right knee. The left knee condition is rated at 10%.
- Claimed conditions
- Partial meniscectomy of the right knee, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0801540
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