WBrennan

Hope everything works out well.

Just go to the C and P exam, on time, tell the truth and wait for the envelope. Tell the examiner how you feel on your worst day. 
 If you can, get a copy of the c and p exam and see if its favorable.  

ecfr is moving here is a link to 38CFR4 https://ecfr.federalregister.gov/current/title-38/chapter-I/part-4

Does the 30% reflect the ACL scar?
This decision reveals the 2018 change in ratings of scars.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp19/files12/19191968.txt

Neuritis and neuralgila should be listed in the VA Schedule of ratings-here:
https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=e01889934e16ee0751373657d3b13a6e&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr4_main_02.tp
Neuritis is listed about 7/8th down on the scrollbar-to right hand side of your PC 
Neuralgia is listed somewhere there too-
We should have a copy of those blank C & P exams somewhere here under a search.
If this causes you instability of use of the leg, that should be mentioned by you at the exam.
Unfortunately, even if a disability is obviously secondary to a SC disability, many vets need to get an IMO/IME to establish that it is secondary.I believe your surgical medical records would certainly establish it as secondary and I sure hope the VA does not deny the claim.
The VA does not apply common sense to anything.

Sure you can "claim" it.  Question is, will the claim be successful and productive.  To find that out:
1.  Look up the criteria.  
2.  Look up cases similar to yours. (do a search of BVA or cavc cases.) BVA Case Search
3.  Post reasons and bases for denial, if/when you get it, and hadit members will try to help guide you.  
4.  If the above shows you should get the benefits, then persist until you win.  

Change requesting with expecting. My bad. 😁🤪🥃🍺

WBrennan I just saw your original post..."requesting a 10% rating..." I hope you are just describing what you are looking to get but that isn't the original wording on your appeal. We never request a specific rating; that's the VA rater's job, anyway. But you could be limiting what you get for a favorable decision buy asking for a number which could actually be less than what you would be entitled to. Think of it is lowballing yourself.

WBrennan Congrats! Good example of knowing that if your symptoms show a higher rating is fair, go for it. Of course, a veteran shouldn't just put in a claim for a higher rating if his or her symptoms don't show a worsening for their current rating. But if it worse, it isn't likely that the VA is going to drop it. (It could, but you could appeal.) 

just submitted my request for s higher level review.  Requesting a 10% rating for pain/arthritis and the bilateral for my left knee.  I will update everyone in about 4 months. lol. 🙂

Good luck and watch some grass grow too.

Checked status and the VA is currently making a decision. Estimated completion date: Feb 12, 2020.

Hey @GBArmy Happy New Year,
They are both right everyone got this email

I received both of the notifications referenced in this forum as well. My concern is; I did apply to the BCNR to have my discharge corrected to reflect what it should have been upon my discharge from the military in 2005. My hope is, that this notification is an indication that the process is in the final decision stage.

I too received the same email (30% SC) and thought it was weird.  I also received an email from them with the following (been out since 1995): We understand that you are in the process of separating from the military and have received a DOD disability rating. You may therefore be eligible to apply to the Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E) VetSuccess Program
 

The waiting of the VA to process our claims is the hardest part. Plus waiting on the BBE to show up so we can see how they made their decisions.
Good luck!

As of today: Status: A senior reviewer is taking a new look at your case
so I will watch some paint dry and wait out the next 90 day or so ....

And Higher Level Review requested. Now to wait about 125 days for an answer.... Anyone have any paint I can watch dry?

I got service connected then enrolled in the VA Healthcare.  I am using both my VA PCP and my other PCP for Co-treatments.  If I can't get into my normal PCP, I can usually get a same day appointment at my VA PCP (Small clinic, rural area). 

It sounds to me like the doctor is saying your range of motion is 80% 
Code 5260: If the knee can straighten, but cannot bend all the way, then it is rated under this code. If the knee can only bend to 15°, then it is rated 30%. If it can bend to 30°, it is rated 20%. To 45°, it is rated 10%, and anything 60° or more is rated 0%.
Just because you have xrays does not mean you will get a rating.. a doctor will have to make a statement that the arthritis is service connected.. I fought the VA hard on this one... and finally won.. two years later.
Knee Buckling is rated 
Code 5257: The knee can also have too much motion (instability) from side to side or dislocate regularly. This can happen when the tendons and cartilage are damaged and can no longer support the knee joint properly. If there is only slight instability, then it is rated 10%. If there is more instability that might cause the knee to buckle or dislocate every now and then, then it is rated 20%. If, however, it is so unstable that it gives out or dislocates regularly, it is rated 30%.

I agree with your assessment, 20% for 5258 and 10% for 5261.  5258 includes pain so I see that covering the arthritis and 5261 is rated by extension.  Now, how will the rater say it is he might just say 5258 and skip over the extension issue.  We can only guess what they will do at this point.  

I'll add that Deluca should include a couple of ROM measurements in degrees. First, the degree where painful motion begins. Second, the max ROM that you can move, even if it is beyond where the painful motion began. When they rate via the Deluca ruling, they are supposed to use ROM where pain began.

Any increase is good, but it always helps to ensure they rated you correctly so you don't get low-balled.

If your decision was sent oit on 10/29/2019 then you only need to wait 10 business days 11/13/2019 was day 10. You can call the 800 number and they will fax you a copy of the decision.

Looks like they bumped me only 10%. Waiting on the BBE to do another appeal.  The bump moves me from 20% to 30%