The Veteran's increased ratings for left and right knee effusion, painful limitation of motion, and instability have been granted effective from the dates specified.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the established criteria for rating musculoskeletal disabilities, including limitations in range of motion and instability, which were found to meet or exceed the required standards for the assigned ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee effusion, right knee effusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22046186
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequacies in previous medical opinions and a need for an addendum opinion regarding all left knee diagnoses during the appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral pes planus. The claims for left knee effusion and trochanteric bursitis of the left hip are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral knee conditions, as no such examination has been conducted yet. The Veteran served as an aircraft mechanic in service and claims his current knee disabilities are related to this duty.
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