The Veteran's left knee laxity and limitation of flexion are now rated at 20% each, while his left knee dislocated semilunar cartilage is rated at 20%. The Veteran also received a TDIU rating prior to December 15, 2011.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported the need for higher ratings based on the severity of the Veteran's symptoms and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee laxity, Left knee dislocated semilunar cartilage, Left leg neuroma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 16, 2020
- Citation
- A20016959
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 20 percent rating for left knee dislocated semilunar cartilage and recurrent subluxation, an evaluation of 60 percent for the residuals of a left total knee replacement from October 18, 2022, but denied a higher rating for limitation of flexion.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted with an effective date of February 9, 2009. The Board found that the Veteran was unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities prior to February 29, 2012.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for the residuals of a stress fracture of the distal left femur was denied, and his separate claim for a higher evaluation for left knee dislocated semilunar cartilage was granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extra-schedular basis from September 29, 2011, to March 15, 2021.
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