The Board has granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee arthritis, and increased the rating for the veteran's left thigh disability to 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA X-rays revealed right knee arthritis, which warranted a separate rating under Diagnostic Code 5260/5003.
- Claimed conditions
- Scar, right knee, Arthritis of right knee, Scars (left thigh), Deformity from loss of tissue with probable nerve involvement, left thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0335534
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