The Board denied the veteran's claims for reopening his right elbow condition claim and for an increased rating of his service-connected arthritis of the left knee. The veteran's current range of motion in the left knee is full, with no associated instability or subluxation.
The deciding factor: The most recent medical evidence showed that the veteran's left knee had a full range of motion (extension to 0 degrees and flexion to 140 degrees), which does not meet the criteria for an increased rating under DC 5260 or DC 5261.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow condition, Arthritis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0320066
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