The Veteran's arthritis of bilateral knees is not service-connected, and his lumbosacral spine disorder has been rated at 10% since July 2003. The claim for a separate rating for arthritis was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's knee disorders were not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine disorder, and arthritis is already compensated through limitation of motion ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of bilateral knees, Degenerative joint disease of lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0928314
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