The veteran's service-connected knee and foot disabilities have been evaluated as 10 percent disabling. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher evaluation for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows no additional limitation of motion or functional impairment beyond what is already reflected in the current 10 percent ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Retropatellar Pain Syndrome of the Right Knee, Retropatellar Pain Syndrome of the Left Knee, Degenerative Arthritis of the Right Foot, Degenerative Arthritis of the Left Foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0803084
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- Granted
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