The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for increased evaluations are denied as there is no evidence showing that his service-connected conditions warrant a rating higher than 20 percent for each condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of more than moderate functional impairment due to the veteran's degenerative disc disease, arthritis, and patellofemoral syndrome. The veteran has been assigned the maximum schedular evaluation for his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, degenerative arthritis of the right A/C joint, degenerative arthritis of the left A/C joint, patellofemoral syndrome of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 15, 2001
- Citation
- 0116341
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's knee conditions, except for a 10% rating for left and right knee instability effective from October 1, 2008.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected right knee disability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date for tinnitus to September 23, 2020 and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, GERD, hypothyroidism, neck disability, PTSD, acquired psychiatric disorder, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, and osteoarthritis.
- Partly granted
The Board restored the 20 percent disability rating for patellofemoral syndrome of the right knee and left knee strain, effective December 21, 2021, as there was no evidence showing actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
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