The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the service-connected residuals of a left knee injury with degenerative joint disease and assigned a separate 10 percent rating for tinnitus. The claims for bilateral hearing loss and low back disorder were also granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his right and left knee conditions, warranted an increased evaluation based on the severity of his symptoms and clinical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right knee medial meniscectomy and left knee injury (degenerative joint disease of both knees), bilateral hearing loss, low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0606818
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Granted
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