The Board has restored the Veteran's prior ratings for right knee limited extension and anterior cruciate ligament repair with nondisabling surgical scars, finding that the reduction was based on an examination less full and complete than the one used to authorize payments.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the 2010 VA examination used as a basis of reduction was less comprehensive than the June 2002 VA examination on which initial ratings were authorized.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee limited extension, right knee anterior cruciate ligament repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2013
- Citation
- 1326281
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What this means for you
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