The Veteran's right knee meniscus injury with frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion prior to April 26, 2011, is granted a disability rating of 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The MRI findings (multiple tears; displaced meniscal fragment; and edema) and the Veteran's subjective endorsement of constant 'sharp burning' pain more approximates a 20 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 5258 for right semilunar cartilage disability prior to April 26, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee meniscus injury, Traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19125652
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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