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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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for limitation of motion and instability of the right knee is granted with an effective date of May 17, 2011. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings are remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbar spine disability, radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, instability of the right and left knees, and bilateral pes planus have been granted increased ratings.,Issues regarding limitation of motion with arthritis of the right and left knees, as well as a rating for bilateral pes planus prior to December 7, 2021, were withdrawn from appeal.
- 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.
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