The Board has granted the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected left knee synovitis with arthritis and right knee degenerative joint disease, both rated at 10 percent. The evidence does not support a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical records do not show that the veteran's range of motion or other symptoms warrant a higher disability evaluation for either condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of right knee, Synovitis of left knee with history of arthritis associated with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0304640
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