The veteran's claims for a temporary total disability rating, service connection for low back disability, and increased ratings for right and left knee disabilities are denied. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records and to schedule the veteran for VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support the veteran's claims for a temporary total disability rating or service connection for his low back disability on a direct basis, as there is no evidence of chronic low back disability within one year of discharge from service. The right knee disability may be rated under Diagnostic Codes 5260 and 5261, while the left knee disability requires further examination to determine if it involves recurrent subluxation or lateral instability.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disability, Right Knee Disability, Left Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0116599
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