The Board found that the Veteran's left knee disability, which includes arthritis, warrants a 10 percent disability rating. The claim for an increased rating for bilateral pes planus is pending and will be addressed in the REMAND portion of this decision.
The deciding factor: The January 2005 VA examination report indicated that the Veteran had moderate osteoarthropathy of the left knee, diagnosed as arthritis. The examiner also noted that portions of his medial meniscus were removed through surgery. Given these findings and the current disability rating assigned for the left knee, a higher rating was not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1001481
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding the service connection for left and right knee arthritis, thus the appeal is dismissed.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and dismissed all other appeals related to various joint conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of functional impairment. The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine if any service-connected disability results in loss of use of both lower extremities, one lower extremity and one upper extremity, or residuals affecting balance and propulsion.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) is denied because he does not have a single service-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling, and his disabilities do not meet the requirements of SMC under this section.
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