The Veteran's claims for service connection for a throat condition, left wrist condition, numbness of the left hand and fingers, and bilateral foot condition were withdrawn. The Veteran was granted service connection for arthralgia of both knees but denied service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's bilateral knee disorder is most likely caused by or a result of injuries sustained in parachute jumps during military service, while the psychologist found no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD conforming to DSM-IV criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- arthralgia of the left knee, arthralgia of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0909678
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Decisions by this judge: 952 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability, characterized by arthralgia and loss of function due to pain, was previously rated at 10 percent. The Board has now granted a 20 percent rating for this condition.
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