The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his postoperative residuals of left knee osteochondritis, currently rated at 30 percent. The right knee disability remains at a 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no functional loss in the left knee and noted that there was no pain on motion, leading to the current 30 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Postoperative residuals of left knee osteochondritis, Degenerative osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0302512
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 673 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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