The Veteran's right knee disability, which includes arthroscopic plica excision, mechanical chondroplasty, and partial meniscectomy, is currently rated at 10 percent. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating due to limited flexion of the right knee.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right knee flexion was consistently noted as full (130 degrees or more) during all examinations and evaluations provided in the appeal period, which is well above the limitation required for a 20 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee arthroscopic plica excision, Medial compartment mechanical chondroplasty, Partial meniscectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19176312
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the reduction of the Veteran's rating for loss of right knee flexion from 20% to 10%, effective August 4, 2010 was not proper due to lack of improvement in his condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated as 20 percent disabling for instability and a separate 10 percent rating has been assigned for symptomatic partial meniscectomy. The temporary total evaluation for convalescence following surgery remains in effect.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected right knee disability is not manifested by frequent episodes of locking, pain and effusion into the joint or malunion of the tibia or fibula resulting in impairment to the right knee. The appellant's service-connected right knee disability is manifested by lateral instability, chondromalacia, general pain and effusion into the joint, and degenerative joint disease with limited extension.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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