The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected chronic left knee disability warrants a rating of 40 percent, which is the maximum schedular evaluation available under current VA regulations.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support additional functional loss or other factors warranting an increase in the rating beyond the currently assigned 40 percent for the veteran's service-connected chronic left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0216984
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, jammed left shoulder, chronic right elbow disability, chronic left elbow disability, chronic right knee disability, chronic left knee disability, and unspecified joint disease. These claims are now remanded to allow for further development.,The Board also dismissed the claim of entitlement to service connection for diverticulitis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic left and right knee disabilities, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are due to his active service and related conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection of a chronic left knee disability and lumbar spine disability has been reopened, but the claims are not granted as there is no new and material evidence to support these conditions. The Board also remanded the cases for further development.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities are not related to his military service, including as secondary to his already service-connected conditions.
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