The Veteran's left knee disability, including his arthritis and instability symptoms, was found to be more closely analogous to a total knee replacement with a minimum rating. His initial evaluation of 10 percent for arthritis has been maintained, while he received a separate 10 percent evaluation for instability prior to October 21, 2013, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter beginning April 26, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee disability was found to be more analogous to a total knee replacement with a minimum rating, but no actual total replacement had been performed. The arthritis warranted a 10 percent evaluation throughout the appeal period, while the instability symptoms were only shown to be slight in severity and did not meet criteria for higher evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee arthritis, left knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1431559
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