The Veteran's initial ratings for his service-connected knee disabilities and hemorrhoids were denied. The Veteran was not granted any increased ratings.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the assignment of higher initial ratings based on the severity of the Veteran's knee disabilities, which were rated as limited flexion, or for his hemorrhoids, which were not large or thrombotic and did not have frequent recurrences.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative meniscus disease, Patellar tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0923266
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- Granted
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