The veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities do not warrant ratings in excess of 20 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Service connection was granted for an adjustment disorder with depressed mood as secondary to the service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the veteran's adjustment disorder with depressed mood is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of left knee injury with patella fracture, Residuals of right knee injury, Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0900826
What this means for you
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