The Board granted the appellant's claim of service connection for DJD and lateral instability of the right knee, assigning a 10 percent disability rating. The decision also addressed separate ratings for arthritis associated with these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrated moderate instability in the right knee and DJD (arthritis) associated with this condition, warranting a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Codes 5257 and 5010-5003. Separate ratings for arthritis were also granted based on additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the right knee, Lateral instability of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1030979
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