The Board finds that the Veteran's current right knee disability is not related to his service, and thus denies service connection for a right knee disability. The claim of service connection for a left shoulder disability remains pending as there was no determination on this issue in the decision.
The deciding factor: The March 2012 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's current right knee disability is less likely than not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability, and thus denied service connection for a right knee disability. The claim of service connection for a left shoulder disability remains pending as there was no determination on this issue in the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (Arthritis) of the Right Knee, Left Shoulder Disability (claimed as Left Shoulder Bursitis/Arthritis with Torn and Retracted Tendons)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1405021
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee arthritis is currently rated at 30 percent, which covers both the limitation of extension and flexion. The Board found that a higher rating is not warranted as his extension has not been shown to be limited to 30 degrees or more.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his right knee disability, including arthritis and instability, are being remanded due to the need for additional development of the record.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his right knee arthritis was denied. The issue of service connection for a right foot condition, secondary to the right knee disability, was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities and granted them, finding that new evidence received since the September 2004 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
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