The Board granted the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his right and left knee disabilities, but denied reopening of his claim for a low back disability. The Veteran was assigned 20 percent ratings for each knee from October 5, 2006.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence that hip extension is limited to 5 degrees or that there is a limitation of abduction beyond 10 degrees. For the knees, the examiner noted abnormal tracking and subpatellar tenderness but no instability, weakness, effusion, or locking episodes.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Right hip bursitis, Left hip bursitis, Right knee chondromalacia patella with degenerative joint disease, status post meniscectomy, Left knee chondromalacia patella with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 14, 2011
- Citation
- 1142105
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and an increased rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current disabilities to military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected low back disability alone does not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and bilateral hip disability, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased disability evaluation and effective dates are being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to address the severity of his low back disability, including whether he has experienced incapacitating episodes of IVDS.
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