The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are well-grounded. The claim for a left knee disability is granted, with a 10 percent evaluation assigned. For maxillary sinus surgery with headaches and left antrum sinusitis, a compensable rating of 10 percent is granted. For left mandible and maxillary fracture with left mental nerve paresthesia, a 10 percent evaluation is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's claims were well-grounded based on the evidence presented, including service records and medical examinations. The current extent of the disabilities was evaluated according to VA rating criteria, resulting in the assigned ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, left maxillary sinus surgery with headaches and left antrum sinusitis, left mandible and maxillary fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0010144
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right knee, right hip, and lumbar spine disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability but denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for his left knee disability prior to April 25, 2019.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities and right and left leg pain based on new evidence, but remanded the claims for further development.
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