The Board has granted a separate 10 percent initial disability rating for the service-connected left knee scars, effective December 4, 2008. The claim for an increased (compensable) initial rating for constrictive bronchiolitis is remanded.
The deciding factor: Additional VA examination is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected constrictive bronchiolitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee scars, Constrictive bronchiolitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1104824
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's left knee scars do not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating under any applicable VA rating criteria, and thus denied his claim.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. The low back disability was granted a 40 percent rating, but no higher. Other conditions had their ratings denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, as well as a compensable evaluation for left knee scars.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for various musculoskeletal conditions, including left and right elbow disabilities, left and right knee patellofemoral syndrome with osteoarthritis and meniscal tear, right foot callus, and right knee instability. The decision also restored the 10 percent rating for left knee instability and right elbow radial head fracture.
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