The Board has restored a 50% rating for the Veteran's right knee ACL deficiency disability, effective November 1, 2011. The reduction from 50% to 10% was not proper due to lack of material improvement and reasonable certainty that the improvement would be maintained under ordinary conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence of sustained improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life, despite showing some improvement in range of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee ACL deficiency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22041457
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