The Veteran's right knee disability is currently rated as 10 percent disabling, but the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.,Prior to August 4, 2017, the Veteran's headaches were not productive of characteristic prostrating attacks and thus do not warrant a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran’s right knee disability results in functional loss or instability as required for higher ratings under DCs 5260, 5261, and 5257.,There is no evidence of characteristic prostrating attacks averaging once a month over the last several months to warrant a 30 percent rating for headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome"}, {"condition_name":"Headaches"}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19102880
What this means for you
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