The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher evaluations of his service-connected conditions, including hypertension and right eye disability. The lumbosacral strain claim was partially granted with a 10 percent evaluation from August 30, 1996 to October 30, 1998, and a 40 percent evaluation thereafter.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for higher evaluations under either the old or new rating criteria for hypertension and right eye disability. The lumbosacral strain claim was denied as there was no showing of pronounced disc syndrome that persisted with intermittent relief or functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, hypertension, status-post retinal detachment of the right eye, lumbosacral strain, bilateral pes planus with residuals of a left bunionectomy, status-post left knee arthroscopy with patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0028647
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