The Veteran's service-connected left knee disability is rated at 10 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted based on the current evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee disability does not meet or approximate the criteria for a compensable rating under any applicable diagnostic codes due to normal range of motion and lack of instability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee DJD (degenerative joint disease), history of Baker's cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0912521
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- Granted
The Veteran's left knee conditions were granted ratings from February 27, 2012, through November 8, 2015. He received a 30 percent rating for left knee instability and a 20 percent rating for meniscus symptoms during this period.,Since January 1, 2017, the Veteran has been granted a 60 percent rating for his left knee total arthroplasty with additional ratings for left ankle strain and left hallux valgus.
- Remanded (sent back)
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