The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected left knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support ratings in excess of the currently assigned 10 percent evaluations.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical records provided no additional disability or instability to warrant separate ratings for arthritis and instability under different diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis, Residuals of left knee trauma, status post arthrotomy with excision of exostosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0609295
What this means for you
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