The Veteran's service-connected left knee disability has been rated at 10 percent disabling based on X-ray evidence of arthritis with limited and painful motion. The current rating is appropriate as there is no evidence showing the Veteran's disorder warrants a higher rating under any of the previously explained DCs.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports, including those from February 2008 and January 2010, do not show flexion limited to 30 degrees, extension limited to 15 degrees, left knee ankylosis, recurrent subluxation, lateral instability, cartilage dislocation with frequent episodes of locking, pain, or effusion to the joint. The Veteran's symptoms are adequately addressed by the current 10 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (Left Knee)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1404897
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- Granted
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