The Board has granted service connection for multilevel degenerative disc disease and an extra-schedular evaluation of 60 percent for right knee traumatic synovitis with incoordination secondary to pain from February 17, 1998, to December 29, 2002. The decision is mixed as it grants service connection but denies the request for a higher schedular rating.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current multilevel degenerative disc disease was related to his in-service parachute accident and post-service work-related accidents, while finding that the right knee disability warranted an extra-schedular evaluation due to its impact on employment.
- Claimed conditions
- multilevel degenerative disc disease, right knee traumatic synovitis with incoordination secondary to pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2012
- Citation
- 1210777
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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.
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