The Veteran's left knee is rated at 10 percent for instability, and a separate rating of 30 percent is granted for asymmetry of the eyes. The Veteran’s left eye vision impairment remains at 30 percent under Diagnostic Code 6064.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence supports the current ratings based on the Veteran's reported symptoms and medical findings related to his knee instability and left eye vision impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Instability, Degenerative Joint Disease of Left Knee, Light Perception in Left Eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20003715
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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