The veteran's reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the lower extremities is aggravated by his service-connected residuals of surgical removal of osteochondroma of the left knee. The veteran's residuals of a surgical scar of the left knee and residuals of fractures of the 3rd and 5th fingers of the right hand do not warrant an initial compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran's reflex sympathetic dystrophy is more severe due to prior in-service surgical trauma, while no evidence supports a compensable evaluation for his other conditions based on limitation of motion or other criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy involving both lower extremities, residuals of a surgical scar of the left knee, residuals of fractures of the 3rd and 5th fingers of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0902703
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