The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that his right knee conditions did not warrant higher ratings or service connection based on the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports and medical records provided no objective evidence of limitation of motion, instability, or subluxation in the knees. The veteran's semilunar cartilage had been surgically removed in 1950, which precluded any rating under Diagnostic Codes 5260 and 5261.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis, right knee, Residual scar, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0807351
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