The Board restored the Veteran's right knee disability rating from 10% to 30%, effective June 1, 2011, finding that the reduction was not proper due to sustained improvement in the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show sustained improvement of the right knee disability under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Right Knee Medial Meniscus Debridement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18136434
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