The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for her service-connected postoperative residuals of internal derangement of the right knee with traumatic arthritis and recurrent major depression, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for higher evaluations.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical records showed varying degrees of impairment in both conditions but no clear indication of a need for higher ratings based on current clinical findings or symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Postoperative residuals of internal derangement of the right knee with traumatic arthritis, Recurrent major depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0638481
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