The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a left knee injury with instability and meniscus removal have been rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating available for this condition. The current evidence does not support an increased evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's left knee instability is no more than slight, and there is no objective basis to assign a higher rating based on Diagnostic Code 5257 or any other applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Instability and Meniscus Removal, Traumatic Arthritis of Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1019894
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