The Veteran's appeal was denied as his claims for increased ratings and service connection were not supported by the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran met the criteria for a higher rating based on instability or arthritis, nor did it support the claim for service connection for right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Injury with Instability, Arthritis of Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2012
- Citation
- 1203556
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- Denied
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- Granted
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