The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings and TDIU was denied. The left knee disability is currently rated as 10 percent disabling, while the cervical spine disability with radiculopathy is also rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any limitation of motion or instability that would warrant a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability with degenerative arthritis, cervical spine disability with degenerative arthritis and left arm radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1421329
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical spine disability with arthritis and lumbosacral spine disability with arthritis, but remanded the claims for left knee and right knee disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and opinions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his left knee and cervical spine disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and the retrieval of relevant treatment records.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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