The Board denied the Veteran's claims for reopening his left knee and right knee service connection claims, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the left knee claim and concluding that there was insufficient evidence to establish a right knee disorder in service or secondary to a pre-existing condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show aggravation of an existing left knee disability during service, nor did it provide sufficient evidence for a right knee disorder to be linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Postoperative residuals of an arthrotomy of the left knee with traumatic osteochondritis, dessicans, and arthrosis, Degenerative changes of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2013
- Citation
- 1326233
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 29, 2022, and no earlier for the grant of a 20 percent disability rating for degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine and intervertebral disc syndrome, as well as service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for his right knee disability was denied as the evidence did not show any findings of ankylosis, recurrent subluxation or lateral instability, dislocation or symptomatic removal of the semilunar cartilage, tibial or fibular impairment, genu recurvatum, extension limited to 10 degrees or more, flexion limited to 45 degrees or less, or functional equivalent thereof.
- Denied
The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities have been rated at 10 percent each, but the Board has determined that these ratings are not warranted based on the current evidence of record.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee disability is currently rated at 10 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under VA regulations.,The Veteran's thoracolumbar spine disability is currently rated at 10 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under VA regulations.
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