The Veteran's right knee disability, including arthritis, was found to warrant a 10% rating prior to June 16, 2009. Beginning on June 16, 2009, the Veteran's right knee disability with X-ray evidence of arthritis warranted a separate 10% rating for limited motion due to pain.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right knee disability was found to be characterized by reduced range of motion including extension to zero degrees and flexion to 50 degrees due to pain, intermittent mild instability, but without locking, ankylosis, subluxation, impairment of the tibia or fibula, genu recurvatum, dislocation or removal of the semilunar cartilage. The arthritis was found to result in limited motion with pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Chondromalacia, Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1320257
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- Granted
The Veteran's right knee instability rating is restored to 20 percent effective November 1, 2019. The initial disability rating for right knee instability remains denied and the increased disability rating for right knee chondromalacia is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error in previous examinations, requiring additional information on right shoulder ROM measurements without medication effects.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left knee conditions have been denied. The current evaluations for the right knee under DC 5260 are 10 percent, while those for the left knee under DCs 5260 and 5261 are noncompensable.
- Granted
The Veteran's disability ratings for low back disability and right lower extremity radiculopathy have been reduced from 40% and 10%, respectively, to 20% and 0%. The reduction was based on improvements shown in recent VA examinations.
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