The Board has granted an increased rating of 20 percent for the veteran's service-connected left knee disability with degenerative arthritis, effective from when the claim was filed. Service connection for a lower back disability is denied as not well grounded.
The deciding factor: Service connection for a lower back disability must be denied because there is no competent medical evidence linking it to the veteran's service-connected left knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Degenerative Arthritis, Right Knee Degenerative Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0005517
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for service connection of peripheral vestibular disorder with dizziness/vertigo, depressive disorder, left knee degenerative arthritis, and right knee degenerative arthritis all from July 4, 2023.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's disability ratings for right and left knee degenerative arthritis from 10 percent to 10 percent effective January 8, 2025.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has restored the prior ratings for right and left knee degenerative arthritis, but has remanded the issues of increased ratings due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's residuals of right knee total replacement have been granted a maximum schedular rating of 60 percent effective June 1, 2020. The Veteran's left knee degenerative arthritis has also been granted an increased rating to 60 percent effective June 1, 2020.
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