The Board has found that the veteran's service-connected residuals of left knee injury, status post total knee replacement, do not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.
The deciding factor: There is no objective evidence showing severe disablement or functional loss due to pain, weakness, fatigue, or incoordination beyond what is contemplated by the current 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5055.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0208233
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for residuals of left knee injury, tinnitus, bilateral shin splints, and sinusitis, allergic rhinitis due to insufficient development of the record.
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