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<img src="/icons/light-bulb_orange.svg" alt="/icons/light-bulb_orange.svg" width="40px" /> Advocacy Advice
Have the veteran’s family and friends prepare statements detailing what THEY observe about the veteran’s knee pain, such as:
- veteran’s facial expressions and wincing or complaints, grunts, and groans
 
- seeing the veteran take pain medication
 
- slower than normal movement to avoid pain or abnormal movement due to pain
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💡 Useful Resources
How to Attack the Comp & Pen Exam
Kailey L. King, Esq.: Lunch & Learn: Knee Conditions
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Topics
1. Loss of Use / Amputation of the Knee (5256)
2. Knee Replacement (5055)
3. Limitation of Motion of the Knee (5260 and 5261)
4. Too Much Motion (Instability) or Dislocation (5263, 5257)
5. The Meniscus (5248, 5249)
6. Lower Leg Bones (5262)
7. Shortening of the Leg (5275)
8. Other Knee and Leg Conditions
