The Board has restored a 20% evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability effective from October 1, 2015. The reduction was improper due to lack of material improvement in the condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran’s right knee disability had materially improved and would be maintained under ordinary conditions of life.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Internal Derangement, Traumatic Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20074534
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
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- Granted
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