The Veteran's right knee arthritis is rated at 10 percent, and a separate 10 percent rating for instability is granted as of September 13, 2017. The decision does not address service connection theory or exposure basis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has been diagnosed with right knee arthritis and instability, but the disability did not meet criteria for higher ratings under other diagnostic codes due to lack of compensable limitation of motion. A separate rating was granted for instability as it is a distinct symptom that can be rated independently.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee arthritis, right knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142324
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bilateral knee instability and denied service connection for right and left knee instability, finding no nexus between the Veteran's knee conditions and his service or service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and bilateral knee disorders due to the need for additional VA examinations.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for right knee strain and instability but granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee limitation of extension from November 25, 2024.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear hearing loss, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal of the proposal to reduce a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain was dismissed.
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