The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for osteochondritis dissecans of the left knee as secondary to his right knee disabilities and denied increased ratings for both knees. The decision also referred the issue of entitlement to service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left knee on a secondary basis to the RO.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the osteochondritis dissecans of the left knee was proximately due to or the result of, or been chronically worsened by, his service-connected right knee disabilities. The veteran's degenerative joint disease of the right knee had full range of motion without any limitation.
- Claimed conditions
- osteochondritis dissecans of the left knee, osteoarthrosis (degenerative joint disease) of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0201474
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for osteochondritis dissecans of both knees due to a failure to obtain VA medical records from Montrose, New York.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected lower back disability, right knee instability, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and determining if there are any new or material pieces of evidence that could support reopening of his claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected osteochondritis dissecans of the left knee is being remanded due to inadequate compliance with a previous Board directive to schedule him for a VA examination.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's original 20 percent rating for osteochondritis dissecans of the left knee, effective from September 1, 1998.
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