The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected prepatellar bursitis, right knee does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence did not show limitation of motion or other functional impairment sufficient to warrant an evaluation higher than 10 percent under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- prepatellar bursitis, degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0622825
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,643 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0622825.
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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