The veteran's claim for arthritis of the hands was denied as he does not have this condition.,Service connection was granted for post-operative residuals of a medial meniscal tear of the left knee with arthritis, and assigned a 10% evaluation effective October 1, 1994. The dorsal and lumbar spine disorder was recharacterized as arthritis of the lumbosacral spine with arthritis of the dorsal spine by x-ray evidence only, and assigned a 10% evaluation effective October 16, 1997.,Service connection for bronchial asthma was granted, and assigned a 30% rating effective October 1, 1994.
The deciding factor: The veteran does not have arthritis of the hands. The VA examinations did not find any current diagnosis of this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the hands, Arthritis of the right knee, Bronchial asthma, Degenerative arthritis of the dorsal and lumbar spine, Post-operative residuals of a medial meniscal tear of the left knee with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0410866
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