The Board has granted service connection for left knee degenerative joint disease and assigned an effective date of June 10, 2010. The Veteran is currently rated at 10% for limitation of flexion and non-compensable for limitation of extension.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a higher rating based on limitation of extension or flexion due to the lack of specific findings of instability or subluxation, and the Veteran's treatment records do not show any meniscal conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (left knee)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- A19002356
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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