The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for left knee anterior cruciate ligament tear status post repair with residual scarring is denied.,An effective date of April 19, 2012, is granted for the award of an increased, 10 percent rating for right knee genu recurvatum.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a combined 30 percent rating for left knee retropatellar pain syndrome is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the scar associated with the anterior cruciate ligament tear repair did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Codes 7801-7805.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for right knee genu recurvatum was denied as there was no increase in disability occurring within one year of her November 2015 claim, and she did not receive notification of the July 2012 decision until September 2015.,There is no evidence showing that an earlier effective date for a combined 30 percent rating for left knee retropatellar pain syndrome was warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee anterior cruciate ligament tear status post repair with residual scarring, Right knee genu recurvatum, Left knee retropatellar pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2017
- Citation
- 1747310
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- Granted
The Veteran's right and left knee retropatellar pain syndrome are granted with a rating of 20 percent each.,The effective date for the award of service connection for right and left knee retropatellar pain syndrome is set at April 2, 2020.
- Denied
The Veteran's bilateral knee disability is currently rated as 30 percent disabling. The Board denied a higher rating, finding that the evidence did not support additional loss of range of motion or instability warranting a higher rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial ratings for right and left knee retropatellar pain syndrome were denied. A separate 20 percent rating was granted for left knee instability effective January 27, 2022.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted TDIU effective April 7, 2021. Prior to that date, he was employed as a payroll technician and could not continue due to his service-connected disabilities.
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