The veteran's service-connected low back disability, right femur disability, left femur disability, right tibia disability, and left knee disability are all rated at the maximum available rating of 20 percent. The veteran's right ankle and left ankle disabilities have not been shown to warrant a higher than noncompensable rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support an increase in the ratings for any of the service-connected conditions, as they are all rated at their maximum available levels under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease (low back disability), residuals of a fracture of the right femur with right hip arthritis (right femur disability), residuals of a fracture of the left femur with left hip arthritis (left femur disability), residuals of right tibial plateau with osteoarthritis of the right knee (right tibia disability), left knee strain with osteoarthritis (left knee disability), right ankle sprain with navicular bone spur (right ankle disability), left ankle sprain with navicular bone spur (left ankle disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0727755
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