The Board denied all increased rating claims for the Veteran's service-connected conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher evaluation for any of the disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations during this time period were consistent in their findings of normal joint stability test results and no history of lateral instability or recurrent subluxation. The Veteran’s symptoms were primarily related to pain and weakness rather than functional loss due to instability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee instability, left knee degenerative joint disease (DJD), right knee osteoarthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, lumbar spine condition, left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18110453
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