The Board has restored a 30 percent disability rating for the Veteran's cervical spine degenerative disc and joint disease associated with right knee Osgood-Schlatter’s disease, as the reduction from 30 percent to 20 percent was not proper due to lack of improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions.
The deciding factor: The reduction in disability rating did not result in an actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under the ordinary conditions of life and work, as evidenced by his competent, credible lay statements indicating worsening of the cervical spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine degenerative disc and joint disease, right knee Osgood-Schlatter’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20043053
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