The Veteran's left knee condition is currently rated at 10 percent for limitation of motion and instability, with the instability rating effective from October 22, 2018. The right ankle condition has a current rating of 10 percent.,Both conditions have been denied as there is no evidence to support ratings in excess of the assigned percentages.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee condition does not meet criteria for higher ratings due to limitation of motion or instability. The right ankle condition has pain but no ankylosis, and thus cannot warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Condition, Right Ankle Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2022
- Citation
- 22057904
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee conditions, finding that the Veteran's current knee conditions are more likely than not related to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for pre-existing left and right knee conditions, finding that these conditions were aggravated by military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right and left knee conditions, finding that they are related to his active service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee, left knee, right ankle, and left ankle conditions as secondary to his service-connected left hip replacement.
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