The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found no evidence to support higher ratings for his right knee disabilities or service connection for the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of the Veteran's right knee disabilities, as there was no ankylosis, recurrent subluxation, lateral instability, dislocated semilunar cartilage, symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage, or impairment of the tibia or fibula. The medical evidence also did not support a higher rating for his residual scars.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee sprain with instability, right knee sprain with limitation of flexion, right knee sprain with limitation of extension, right knee residual scarring, status/post repair of right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20080298
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations and failure to define terms pertinent to the evaluation of his conditions.
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