The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the veteran's right and left knee DJD, effective from the date of receipt of her claim. The service connection for depression was denied as there is no evidence to support its secondary relationship to her bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the probative medical evidence indicates that the veteran's depression is not related to her military service or her service-connected bilateral knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative joint disease (DJD), left knee DJD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636827
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for slight right knee instability but denied ratings in excess of 20 percent and 10 percent for the torn meniscus and degenerative joint disease, respectively.
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