The Board denied ratings in excess of the current levels for right knee disability and left knee DJD, but granted a 20 percent rating for right knee instability from August 29, 2006.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support higher ratings due to limited extension or other factors affecting the knees and hip, except for the right knee instability which met criteria for a 20 percent rating starting in 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee disability (ankylosis in flexion, degenerative joint disease with limitation of extension), Left knee DJD, Right hip bursitis with acetabulum degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0904214
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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