The veteran's service-connected right knee condition is currently evaluated as 20 percent disabling, and his service-connected low back disability (spondylolisthesis) is currently evaluated as 40 percent disabling. Both conditions have been granted increased ratings.
The deciding factor: Both conditions were found to warrant the maximum available evaluations under their respective diagnostic codes based on the severity of symptoms and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Status post meniscectomy, right knee, Spondylolisthesis, lumbar spine (status post laminectomy and fusion L4-5)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0324201
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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 service connection for the veteran's left and right knee disabilities but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lumbar spine disability as secondary to a cervical spine disability due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a back condition to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining an appropriate medical examination and associated opinion.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various conditions, including left eye condition, right eye condition, hypertension, left knee, right knee, obstructive sleep apnea, and coronary artery disease (CAD), as well as denied an earlier effective date for CAD.
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