The Veteran's service-connected right and left knee disabilities are evaluated at 10 percent each, based on limitation of motion. The Board found the evidence against a higher rating.,The AOJ is instructed to attempt verification of the Veteran’s stressors related to his claimed PTSD, including aiding in the preparation of a temporary morgue at Dover Air Force Base and working with human remains.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's knee disabilities do not meet or approximate the criteria for higher ratings under any applicable Diagnostic Codes.,Verification of the Veteran’s stressors is necessary to determine if service connection can be granted for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the right knee, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20080923
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee DJD from October 1, 2008 to August 30, 2010 due to the lack of evidence showing limitation of flexion or extension that would warrant a higher rating.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected DJD of the left knee and left knee lateral instability, from December 15, 2009, to September 5, 2014.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain a new VA medical opinion regarding the severity of the left knee DJD without the ameliorative effects of medication during the limited appeal period.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for DJD and instability of both knees but granted separate 20 percent ratings for dislocated semilunar cartilage in the left and right knees.
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