The Board denied the reopening of a previously denied knee disability claim and upheld the current rating for low back disorder. The veteran's knee issues were not substantiated by new evidence, while his low back disorder was evaluated at its current level.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the knee disability claim, and the current rating for the low back disorder remains unchanged as it is already at the maximum schedular evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder, mechanical low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0532192
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of his claims for service connection for various conditions has been withdrawn by the Veteran. As a result, all these claims are dismissed.
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