The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for her service-connected degenerative changes of the right knee and laxity of the right knee, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent or 20 percent, respectively.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show severe recurrent subluxation or lateral instability for the laxity issue, nor did it demonstrate flexion limited to 30 degrees or extension limited to 15 degrees for the degenerative changes issue.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Changes, Right Knee, Laxity of Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2011
- Citation
- 1138620
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