The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected Osgood Schlatter disease of the left knee and ulcerative colitis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the veteran's disability picture more nearly approximated the criteria for a higher evaluation, as his range of motion was limited to less than 15 degrees in both flexion and extension.
- Claimed conditions
- Osgood Schlatter disease of the left knee, Ulcerative colitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0002699
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