Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision 1609599
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports did not show flexion limited to 30 degrees or extension limited to 15 degrees, which are required for a higher rating under DCs 5260 and 5261 respectively. The Veteran's disability is rated based on limitation of motion alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (Arthritis) of the Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1609599
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities and granted them, finding that new evidence received since the September 2004 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee instability does not warrant a rating higher than 20 percent, and has found no additional disability for which a separate rating for arthritis could be assigned. The current 20 percent rating is maintained.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's current left knee arthritis is not related to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for instability of the left knee and arthritis, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on either condition.
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