The Veteran's right knee disability, including limited motion and instability, is rated at a 10 percent evaluation. A temporary 100 percent evaluation was granted for convalescence following surgery. The issues of increased evaluations are denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s right knee disability does not meet the criteria for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent due to limited motion, and a separate evaluation for instability is granted at 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee ACL Repair, Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20080160
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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