The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his left knee disability was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show limitation of motion to 30 degrees or extension limited to 15 degrees, which would warrant a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Codes 5260 and 5261. Factors warranting TDIU on an extraschedular basis were also not present.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee disability was rated as 10 percent disabling based on limitation of motion (flexion). The evidence did not show flexion limited to 30 degrees or extension limited to 15 degrees, which would warrant a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Codes 5260 and 5261.
- Claimed conditions
- Status Post Medial Meniscal Repair of the Left Knee, Lumbar Spine Disability, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Right Knee Disability, Left Knee Disability, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2013
- Citation
- 1319996
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- Denied
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