The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his right knee disability is granted, with a separate rating of 10 percent assigned for slight instability. The claim for TDIU based on the service-connected right knee disability is also granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical records provided sufficient evidence to support the grant of a higher rating for the Veteran's right knee disability, including his right meniscus injury and degenerative joint disease, as well as a separate rating for slight instability. The claim for TDIU was granted based on the severity of the service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee meniscus injury, Degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1013375
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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.
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