The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the prior rating decisions that rated the veteran's right knee arthritis as 20 or 30 percent disabling under arthritis Diagnostic Codes rather than as 30 or 40 percent disabling muscle group XI and XIV injury Diagnostic Codes.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a compound comminuted fracture or muscle damage from the missile at the time of the prior rating decisions, which supported the RO's decision to rate the veteran under the appropriate diagnostic codes for arthritis rather than muscle injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic, traumatic arthritis, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0206373
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