The Veteran's right knee disability is currently rated as 10 percent disabling for traumatic arthritis. The Board has granted a separate 20 percent evaluation for dislocated semilunar cartilage of the right knee, effective from the date of the claim.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report indicated that the Veteran's right knee disability was manifested by painful motion and swelling, but did not meet the criteria for ankylosis or other disabling conditions such as instability or genu recurvatum. The Board granted a separate evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5258 based on dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of 'locking,' pain, and effusion into the joint.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1604910
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for further development, including obtaining retrospective findings from an appropriate clinician to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability and issuing a supplemental statement of the case on entitlement to increased ratings.
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