The Board granted a separate, 10 percent rating for painful motion of the left knee effective February 5, 2007, and a 10 percent evaluation for left knee meniscus symptomatology effective March 23, 2022. The claim for an increased rating for DJD was denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities in combination precluded substantially gainful employment as of March 13, 2018, but not earlier.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the left knee, status post arthroscopy and lateral release with patella, Left knee meniscus symptomatology
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001937
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected DJD of the left knee and left knee lateral instability, from December 15, 2009, to September 5, 2014.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain a new VA medical opinion regarding the severity of the left knee DJD without the ameliorative effects of medication during the limited appeal period.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for DJD and instability of both knees but granted separate 20 percent ratings for dislocated semilunar cartilage in the left and right knees.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the lumbosacral spine prior to October 29, 2021, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to April 25, 2017.
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