The Veteran's left knee disability, including a status-post medial collateral ligament tear and arthroscopy, was evaluated at 20 percent prior to February 15, 2007, and at 30 percent since then. The Board denied the claim for increased ratings.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee disability did not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- status post medial collateral ligament tear, status post arthroscopy of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1039102
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his left and right knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the current disability levels.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations and failure to address certain findings. The claims will be remanded for further development, including an examination that tests range of motion in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to failure to comply with prior remand instructions regarding obtaining medical records from Ochsner Medical Center. The Veteran is required to provide any missing records and VA will attempt to obtain them.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his left knee disabilities were denied. The RO assigned separate noncompensable evaluations for each disability effective from October 1, 2005.
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