The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected patellofemoral syndrome, left and right knees. The low back disability claim was also denied as there is no current evidence of a chronic disability. Bilateral hearing loss and right hand disability were not found to be related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any current chronic disabilities for the claimed conditions or injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- Patellofemoral Syndrome, Left Knee, Patellofemoral Syndrome, Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0416216
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- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service-connected. The right knee condition remains remanded for further evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and initial evaluations of various knee and eye disabilities to the RO for further development. The Veteran's right eye pterygium is currently rated as noncompensable, while his left shoulder impingement syndrome and patellofemoral syndromes in both knees are each rated at 10 percent.
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