The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected osteoarthritis of the left knee, effective April 13, 1992. The claim for service connection for multiple joints including ankles, right knee and cervical and thoracic spine remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran had arthritis of the left knee due to injury in service, which has been confirmed by VA examination as well as private treatment records. The Board found that a 20 percent rating was warranted for his left knee disability based on limitation of motion and other symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the left knee, osteoarthritis of multiple joints including ankles, right knee and cervical and thoracic spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0304211
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a 40% rating for osteoarthritis of the left knee, effective July 1, 2009, and denied an increased rating in excess of 40% for the same condition as well as entitlement to TDIU.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee as a secondary condition to the Veteran's already service-connected left knee disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his lumbar spine herniated nucleus pulposus L3-4 with intervertebral disc syndrome, left knee osteoarthritis, and right knee osteoarthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee due to an inadequate medical opinion.
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