The Board has determined that the appellant's right and left knee disabilities do not warrant a rating higher than the currently assigned 10 percent evaluations.
The deciding factor: The clinical findings of record do not reveal a right or left knee disability picture that warrants an evaluation in excess of the currently assigned 10 percent evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- synovitis of the right knee, synovitis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0013026
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for synovitis of the left knee and lateral instability of the left knee since January 19, 2018 are denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on current symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development and consideration of his claims, including service connection for right knee disability (secondary to left knee), left ankle disability (secondary to left knee), increased ratings for synovitis of the left knee, status-post total arthroplasty of the left knee, posttraumatic changes of the left hip, residuals of a left tibia fracture, and TDIU prior to and since November 13, 2012.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in permanent loss of use of one or both hands or feet, nor ankylosis of either knee. Therefore, he does not qualify for financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile or other conveyance with adaptive equipment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his left knee synovitis and lateral instability due to inadequate VA examinations, failure to address entitlement to a separate rating under DC 5258, and insufficient reasons or bases in the April 2017 decision denying a separate disability rating for left knee instability prior to January 2018.
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