The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for degenerative changes of the right and left knees have been denied as he failed to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not appear for a VA examination scheduled in connection with his increased rating claims, which is necessary to evaluate his knee disabilities under the applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Changes of Right Knee, Degenerative Changes of Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2015
- Citation
- 1551087
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his right ankle sprain and left knee degenerative changes, finding that the evidence does not support a higher evaluation under applicable rating criteria.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the previously denied claim of service connection for a right knee disability and found that new evidence supports this reopening. However, it was determined that there is no direct link between the current right knee disabilities and service or a service-connected condition.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative changes of the left knee as secondary to a service-connected right knee disability, but denied service connection for a right hip disability on the merits.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his left knee disabilities were denied. The RO found that the residuals of left knee injury warranted a 30 percent evaluation effective from December 1, 2002, and a compensable evaluation (20 percent) for degenerative changes of the left knee effective from January 1, 2002.
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