The Board denied initial evaluations in excess of 10 percent for various disabilities, including DJD of the right knee, postoperative meniscal tear of the right knee, DJD of the left knee, DJD and DDD of the lumbar spine, DJD of the right ankle, rotator cuff tear of the right shoulder, DJD of the left hip, surgical scars on the left thigh, left knee, lumbosacral spine, and right knee.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that any of these disabilities were productive of more than noncompensable limitation of motion or other symptoms warranting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- DJD of the right knee, status-post chondroplasty, Postoperative meniscal tear of the right knee, DJD of the left knee, DJD and DDD of the lumbar spine, status-post discectomy for L5-S1 herniated nucleus pulposus, DJD of the right ankle, status-post debridement with Achilles tendonitis, Rotator cuff tear of the right shoulder, DJD of the left hip, Surgical scar on the left thigh, Surgical scar on the left knee, Surgical scar on the lumbosacral spine, Surgical scar on the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0911025
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 325 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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