The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher ratings for his left knee disability and service connection for hypertension and a heart condition, finding that there was no evidence of ankylosis or nonunion/malunion of the tibia/fibula. The Board also found that the veteran's current disabilities did not meet the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under DC 5010 without consideration of painful motion.
The deciding factor: The veteran's left knee disability was rated as 10 percent disabling due to painful motion, but his range of motion did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating. The Board found that there was no evidence of ankylosis or nonunion/malunion of the tibia/fibula and that the veteran's current disabilities did not meet the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under DC 5010 without consideration of painful motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (Left Knee), Hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637389
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