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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including cervical spine disability, ocular migraines, neuropathy of bilateral upper and lower extremities, bilateral shoulder disability, low back disability, and Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the left knee. The Board found no evidence that these conditions were related to active service.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) because the Veteran's single service-connected left knee disability, rated at 30% and later 40%, does not meet the criteria for TDIU under schedular or extraschedular standards. The appeal is based on his inability to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his left knee disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity that they preclude him from engaging in substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU for the entire appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for Osgood-Schlatter's disease of both knees, headaches, visual floaters, bilateral hearing loss, degenerative disc disorder (DDD), photophobia, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and a neck condition due to outstanding VA treatment records.
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