The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected left knee disabilities were denied, but he was granted a separate rating of 10 percent for left knee degenerative changes. The Board is remanding the case to consider whether medication should have been taken into account during the VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the applicable regulations and diagnostic codes do not specifically address whether a Veteran should be medicated or not during an examination, making it unclear how medication should affect the evaluation of his knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondromalacia, left knee degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1007045
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher initial rating for left knee limitation of extension and an increased rating for left knee chondromalacia.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for higher ratings of his left and right knee conditions, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.
- Dismissed
The proposed reductions of the veteran's right and left knee chondromalacia ratings were dismissed as there was no final rating action taken, and the disabilities remained rated at 40 percent during the applicable period.
- Partly granted
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