The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for a right knee disability because no new and material evidence was received to link his current condition to service.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to connect the Veteran's right knee disability to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee medial meniscus, ACL tear, PCL tear with instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23062142
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The reduction of the rating for left knee degenerative arthritis from 20% to 10%, effective November 3, 2021, was improper and restored the original 20% rating.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of October 21, 2019, for a disability rating of 30 percent for left knee meniscal tear, ACL tear, and osteoarthritis status post left total knee replacement.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability, including meniscal tear, ACL tear, and osteoarthritis, is currently rated at 20 percent. The Board found no basis for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Granted
The Board has restored the original disability ratings of 60 percent for both right and left knee disabilities, effective February 1, 2020, as the VA Regional Office did not schedule a predetermination hearing prior to reducing these ratings.
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