The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a stomach ulcer and granted a 10 percent rating for instability of the right knee. The veteran's service-connected instability of the right knee is productive of moderate impairment.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran has had long-standing gastrointestinal issues, including peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which have been linked to his service-connected instability of the right knee. The Board found that these conditions are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach ulcer, instability of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 1, 2004
- Citation
- 0405556
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for limitation of extension of the right knee and a 10 percent rating for instability of the right knee, but no higher.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right knee conditions due to insufficient medical evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board granted increased 20 percent ratings for limitation of motion of the left and right knees prior to their respective total knee replacements, but denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for instability of both knees and in excess of 30 percent for total knee replacements.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities, except for a 20 percent rating for instability of both knees as of June 13, 2025.
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