The Board has denied the petitions to reopen previously denied claims for service connection of degenerative joint disease, right knee and left knee. The issues of entitlement to initial compensable ratings for right hip limitation of flexion, abduction, adduction, and internal/external rotation prior to March 1, 2018, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter; a rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease, right hip; and a rating in excess of 20 percent for radiculopathy, right lower extremity; and residuals of a low back injury are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection of degenerative joint disease, right knee and left knee. The issues of entitlement to initial compensable ratings for right hip limitation of flexion, abduction, adduction, and internal/external rotation prior to March 1, 2018, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter; a rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease, right hip; and a rating in excess of 20 percent for radiculopathy, right lower extremity; and residuals of a low back injury are dismissed.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease, Left Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20073910
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