The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a right hip disorder and granted a 50% disability rating effective March 29, 2010. The reduction from 50% to 20% was not proper as there was no evidence of sustained improvement in the Veteran's left knee osteoarthritis under ordinary conditions of life and work.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner noted that the Veteran had flexion limited to 120 degrees, with objective evidence of pain beginning at 90 degrees and extension to 10 degrees. The reduction from 50% to 20% was not supported by actual improvement in disability as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801208
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for bilateral tinnitus, right knee osteoarthritis, and left knee osteoarthritis due to inadequate medical evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral knee, bilateral shoulder, low back and bilateral hip disabilities based on the evidence showing that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active military service.
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