The Veteran's left knee disability has been granted a separate initial 20 percent rating for dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion under Diagnostic Code 5258 from August 30, 2011 to December 16, 2011.,From March 1, 2012 to present, the Veteran's left knee disability has been rated as post meniscectomy with frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion under Diagnostic Code 5258.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed noncompensable painful motion but frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion which are more closely approximated by a rating under Diagnostic Code 5258.,The Veteran's left knee disability has been rated as post meniscectomy with frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion under Diagnostic Code 5258.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Painful Motion, Meniscal Tear
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175508
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
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