The Board grants a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected right knee meniscal disability, effective December 3, 2013.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion in the right knee joint, warranting a maximum 20 percent rating under DC 5258.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee meniscal disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21063098
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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