The Board has granted service connection for a chronic bilateral knee disability and assigned a 10 percent evaluation for the residuals of gallbladder surgery. The veteran's claim for an increased rating is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examination showed no severe symptoms related to the gallbladder surgery, warranting only a 10% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7318.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bilateral knee disability, residuals of gallbladder surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0027818
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the remaining claims including bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right knee disorder, residuals of gallbladder surgery, and a gastrointestinal disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for fibroids, melanoma on the neck, headache disability, and residuals of gallbladder surgery due to the need for new VA examinations.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as there is no evidence of a chronic acquired psychiatric disability, hypertension or hypertensive heart disease, or bilateral knee disability during service. The Board found that the current disabilities are not related to service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals have been dismissed as he has withdrawn his appeals of the determinations in the October 2010 and March 2012 rating decisions.
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