The Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee ligamentous laxity, fibromyalgia, recurrent sinus disorder, gallbladder disorder, and CPPD have been granted. The RO found that these conditions are related to her service-connected schizoaffective disorder.
The deciding factor: Fibromyalgia is etiologically related to the service-connected schizoaffective disorder, and the other disorders were also found to be related to this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Ligamentous Laxity, Left Knee Ligamentous Laxity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1412379
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development and evaluation of his left knee disability.
- Granted
The rating reductions for the Veteran's right and left knee ligamentous laxity from 10% to 0% were improper, and the appeals are granted with restoration of the original ratings.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee conditions have been rated and the ratings for limitation of extension, ligamentous laxity, and dislocated semilunar cartilage are granted. A total disability rating based on individual unemployability is granted from June 7, 2010, and an extraschedular TDIU is granted from October 14, 2009. The ratings for ligamentous laxity and limitation of extension were restored to their previous levels.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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