The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claims for service connection for right knee patellofemoral syndrome, left knee injury (status post total knee replacement), right wrist myofascial strain, and status post right ankle fusion with flattened arch and foot pronation. The Veteran's current disabilities are considered to be due to natural aging and overuse of joints from past employment history.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report provided by the December 2004 examiner found other causative factors for the Veteran's bilateral knee and wrist disorders, such as natural aging and overuse of joints from his work history, rather than service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral syndrome, left knee injury (status post total knee replacement), right wrist myofascial strain, status post right ankle fusion with flattened arch and foot pronation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1007394
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating in excess of the current ratings for various musculoskeletal conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 6, 2005, for the award of a 10 percent rating for both the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities due to clear and unmistakable error in the prior decision. The back disability claim was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claims.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for separate awards of service connection for left knee instability and right knee instability.
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