The Board denied reopening the veteran's claim for service connection of a left knee disability and denied increased ratings for degenerative arthritis of the right knee and chondromalacia of the right knee.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted was not new and material to reopen the claim, and the current evaluations are based on direct service connection without any presumption or secondary relationship.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disorder, Right Knee Degenerative Arthritis, Chondromalacia of the Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0030201
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's disability ratings for right and left knee degenerative arthritis from 10 percent to 10 percent effective January 8, 2025.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for service connection of peripheral vestibular disorder with dizziness/vertigo, depressive disorder, left knee degenerative arthritis, and right knee degenerative arthritis all from July 4, 2023.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has restored the prior ratings for right and left knee degenerative arthritis, but has remanded the issues of increased ratings due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for right and left hip disorders due to a pre-decisional error in obtaining an adequate nexus opinion prior to the June 2021 rating decision.
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