The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for his right knee surgical scars and found that the reduction in his service-connected right knee instability rating from 10 percent to 0 percent, effective May 7, 2012, was not proper. The evidence did not support higher ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's postoperative scars were not painful or unstable and their area did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (Rating Schedule).
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee surgical scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1615366
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