The Veteran's right knee disability is currently rated as 10 percent disabling, effective June 25, 2003. The Board has found that the evidence does not support a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms do not warrant an evaluation in excess of 10 percent due to her range of motion and functional impairment being within normal limits for a non-compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 5260.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee injury, Medial meniscal tear, Baker's cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1133962
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability from December 2, 2019 to June 15, 2021 on an extraschedular basis.
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