The veteran's left knee condition is rated at 20 percent, and his right hand conditions are rated as 10 percent. The appeal for increased ratings remains pending.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected conditions do not warrant a higher rating based on current medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear, Residuals of Injuries to Right Index Finger and Thumb
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0011721
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from January 23, 1998. The effective date for the grant of TDIU is set at January 23, 1998.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's left knee disability, finding that the symptomatology associated with the service-connected condition more nearly approximated limitation of flexion to 110 degrees and limitation of extension to 10 degrees.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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