The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disability and an initial evaluation of 20 percent for the residuals of a left ankle fracture. The claim for hypercholesterolemia is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The veteran's complaints of right knee pain during service, along with diagnoses of patellofemoral syndrome, established service connection for his current condition. For the left ankle disability, the Board found moderate to marked limitation of motion and granted a 20 percent rating based on functional loss due to pain.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral syndrome, hypercholesterolemia, left ankle fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0405786
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating in excess of the current ratings for various musculoskeletal conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 6, 2005, for the award of a 10 percent rating for both the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities due to clear and unmistakable error in the prior decision. The back disability claim was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hypercholesterolemia, as it is not a disability for which VA compensation benefits are payable.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claims.
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