The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for instability of the left knee associated with residuals of left knee degenerative arthritis and a medial meniscus tear, status post meniscectomy. The Veteran's service-connected left ankle traumatic arthritis is rated as moderate.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records showed ongoing treatment for left ankle pain throughout the appeal period, and the VA examinations revealed 'moderate' limitation of motion in the left ankle.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative arthritis and medial meniscus tear, left ankle traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18132914
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, with anxious distress, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, left ankle traumatic arthritis, right ankle traumatic arthritis, left knee chondromalacia, right knee chondromalacia, and left foot pes cavus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection of left hip strain as secondary to left ankle traumatic arthritis was granted.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals as they were not processed under the modernized review system (AMA). The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his left and right ankle conditions are still pending in the legacy appeal system.
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