The Board found that the veteran's left knee disability did not meet or approximate criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes. The veteran was assigned a 10 percent evaluation for his left knee dislocation, status/post arthroscopic surgery.
The deciding factor: The objective evidence did not show ankylosis in favorable angle in full extension or slight flexion between 0 and 10 degrees (30 percent under DC 5256), moderate recurrent subluxation or lateral instability (20 percent under DC 5257), or dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion into the joint (20 percent under DC 5258).
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee limitation of extension, Left knee dislocation, status/post arthroscopic surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 26, 2008
- Citation
- 0828972
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal regarding the increased disability evaluation and earlier effective date for left knee limitation of extension.
- Partly granted
The Board denied ratings in excess of the assigned percentages for the veteran's left knee and back disabilities, but granted a 20 percent rating for left knee limitation of flexion from August 4, 2014 to September 24, 2024, and a 30 percent rating for a back disability from August 16, 2019.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from December 15, 2020 to April 26, 2022 due to service-connected major depressive disorder, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, and left sciatic nerve radiculopathy.
- Partly granted
The reduction in the rating for left knee limitation of extension from 30 percent to 10 percent was not proper, and the 30 percent disability rating is restored. Entitlement to an increased disability rating of 30 percent for left knee instability, effective June 2, 2020, is granted.
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