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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