The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of the left leg and right leg, as well as his claim for an increased rating for chondromalacia of the left knee. The Veteran was granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee osteoarthritis effective June 5, 2002.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show current diagnoses of arthritis in the left leg and right leg other than for bilateral knee and hip joints where service connection had already been established. The Veteran's chondromalacia of the left knee was rated at 20 percent effective June 5, 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the left leg, Arthritis of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0939826
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