The Board denied the appellant's claims for an increased rating for his right knee disability and for an earlier effective date for a temporary total disability evaluation. The appellant's right knee disability is currently rated at 10% under Diagnostic Code 5257, which pertains to retropatellar pain syndrome. The claim for an earlier effective date was denied as there was no evidence of hospitalization prior to January 5th, 1994.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant's right knee disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes and that the effective date could not be earlier than January 5th, 1994 due to lack of evidence of hospitalization prior to this date.
- Claimed conditions
- retropatellar pain syndrome, right knee, traumatic arthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0024577
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