The Veteran's left knee disability is rated as 60 percent disabling, with a separate 20 percent rating for lateral instability. The right knee disability was initially rated at 10 percent prior to February 7, 2011 and increased to 100 percent from that date until March 31, 2012, then rated as 60 percent thereafter. A separate 10 percent rating for lateral instability is granted prior to February 7, 2011, and a noncompensable rating for scar associated with right knee arthroplasty is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee disability has been rated as 60 percent disabling under DC 5055 due to chronic residuals of severe painful motion or weakness. A separate 20 percent rating for lateral instability is assigned under DC 5257. The right knee disability was initially rated at 10 percent prior to February 7, 2011 and increased to 100 percent from that date until March 31, 2012, then rated as 60 percent thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1708697
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