The Board has granted a separate compensable rating of 20 percent for dislocated left knee semilunar cartilage under Diagnostic Code 5258 from July 2, 2010.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of pain and effusion began on July 2, 2010, when a meniscal tear was identified. The Board found the evidence at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran had symptoms prior to January 24, 2011, and granted the reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- dislocated left knee semilunar cartilage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20049072
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's left knee scar effective August 7, 2019, and denied higher ratings or additional service-connected conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's left knee degenerative joint disease, instability, and dislocated semilunar cartilage have been rated at 10 percent since June 4, 2007. The Board found the evidence does not support a higher rating for any of these conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his left knee disability is granted, with separate ratings of 20 percent for degenerative arthritis, 10 percent for instability, and 20 percent for dislocated semilunar cartilage effective from February 28, 2012.
- 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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