The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities with shin splints and PFB are rated at the maximum allowable under the rating schedule, and no higher ratings are warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support additional impairment warranting a higher rating for any of the conditions in question.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Strain with Osteoarthritis, Right Knee Strain with Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18122023
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- Granted
The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities are rated based on limitation of motion, with the right knee receiving separate ratings for flexion and extension issues. The left knee is rated solely for loss of extension.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's right knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher evaluation based on limitation of motion or instability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his left knee and right knee disabilities, as well as a TDIU prior to December 28, 2011, are being remanded due to the need for additional development.,Specifically, the Veteran needs an updated VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected right and left knee disabilities under both the former and revised rating criteria.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU were denied. The left knee strain with osteoarthritis was rated at 10 percent, right knee synovitis with chondromalacia of patella at 10 percent, and the bilateral hearing loss at a compensable rating prior to December 2, 2015, and in excess of 20 percent thereafter. The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied as his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
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