The veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disorder was denied, but his claims for increased ratings and total disability rating based on individual unemployability were granted.
The deciding factor: The RO found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for a right knee disorder. The veteran's other claims for increased ratings and total disability rating based on individual unemployability were addressed and granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Hip and Sacroiliac Joint (Status Post Fusion with Left Iliac Crest Bone Graft), Ruptured C1 Transverse Ligament, L5-S1 Degenerative Disc Disease with Left Radiculopathy, Left Knee Arthritis, Right Hip Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0101860
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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