The Board denied the veteran's claims regarding effective dates and ratings for his service-connected knee and back conditions, as well as a claim to reopen a hypertension secondary to his right knee injury.
The deciding factor: The RO proposed to reduce the evaluation of the veteran's service-connected postoperative residuals of a right knee injury from 30 percent to 10 percent based on improvement shown in his disability. The veteran filed a timely notice of disagreement, but the Board found that there was credible evidence indicating severe, painful motion and instability requiring a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia patellae of the left knee, mechanical low back pain with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0329041
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including referral to the Director of Compensation Service for a determination on entitlement to TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to November 19, 2015.
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