The reduction of the disability rating for Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the left knee from 10% to noncompensable (0%) was not proper and the appeal is granted. A rating in excess of 10% for a left knee disability is denied. The TDIU claim has been raised by the record and claimed as due to the Veteran’s service-connected knee disability during the pendency of this appeal.
The deciding factor: The reduction was not supported by evidence showing improvement under ordinary conditions of life, despite some functional limitations attributed to osteoarthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19149735
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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