The Board granted an increased evaluation for the appellant's service-connected left knee disability to a 60 percent rating and denied his claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 60 percent for spondylolisthesis and degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant's low back disability has been manifested by symptoms consistent with pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome without ankylosis or vertebral fracture since the effective date of service connection, warranting a 60 percent rating. The left knee disability was rated based on marked instability and severe residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, spondylolisthesis and degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0208912
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