Your appeals for increased ratings in excess of 20 percent for left knee degenerative joint disease status post arthroscopic surgery with scar and in excess of 10 percent for left knee, anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency and laxity have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed because the appellant passed away during the pendency of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative joint disease status post arthroscopic surgery with scar, left knee, anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency and laxity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20033027
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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