The veteran's right knee disorder is found to be secondary to his already service-connected left knee disorder.,There is insufficient evidence to support the claim for bilateral hearing loss, and it is not well grounded.,Bilateral defective vision is considered a congenital or developmental abnormality and thus does not involve service connection issues.,The veteran's initial rating for his left knee disorder was increased from 0 percent to 10 percent.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence suggests there may be a nexus between the service-connected left knee disability and the current right knee conditions, but it is secondary in nature.,There is no competent medical evidence of a current hearing loss disability for VA compensation purposes.,The veteran's bilateral defective vision is considered a congenital or developmental abnormality and does not involve service connection issues.,The criteria for an initial 10 percent rating were met based on the severity of symptoms, including flexion limited to 100 degrees, hyperextension to 12 degrees, mild instability, swelling, knee pain, and loss of endurance.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0018905
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