The Board has denied the veteran's claims for an effective date prior to July 20, 2002, for a grant of total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The veteran is not entitled to financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or adaptive equipment, nor is he eligible for specially adapted housing or home adaptations.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined to be July 20, 2002, as the medical evidence first showed painful motion of a major joint warranting the assignment of a compensable rating for the right knee. The veteran's service-connected disabilities did not meet the criteria for TDIU prior to this date.
- Claimed conditions
- Deep venous thrombophlebitis of the left leg, Chondromalacia of the left knee, Chondromalacia of the right knee, Residuals of a friction burn of the left hand, Residuals of a friction burn of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0531529
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 20 percent rating for left knee chondromalacia under Diagnostic Code 5258, effective January 4, 2001.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's chondromalacia of the right knee and chondromalacia of the left knee.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from April 4, 2009, to July 9, 2015.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left knee disabilities, except that it granted a 10 percent rating for instability of the right knee prior to September 28, 2018, and a 20 percent rating from that date. The Board also granted a 10 percent rating for instability of the left knee.
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