The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the service-connected arthralgia of the right knee, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed limitation of motion and osteoarthritis associated with the right knee, which met the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5003.
- Claimed conditions
- arthralgia of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0407235
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Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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