The Veteran's left knee strain is granted a 10 percent rating prior to October 28, 2015 and a non-compensable rating thereafter.,The Veteran's post traumatic migrainous and cervicogenic headaches are granted a 30 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations indicated that the Veteran’s left knee strain did not result in limitation of motion or instability, which would warrant higher ratings. The headaches met the criteria for a 30 percent rating based on characteristic prostrating attacks occurring at least once per month.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Strain, Post Traumatic Migrainous and Cervicogenic Headaches, PTSD with Neurocognitive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20081577
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction, but granted an increased rating of 40 percent for a low back disability (intervertebral disc syndrome) and 20 percent for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and to ensure compliance with VA's duty to assist.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD, denied ratings in excess of 30 percent for left and right knee strains, granted separate 10 percent ratings for painful, noncompensable limitation of flexion of the knees, granted service connection for back condition and related radiculopathies, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a right shoulder condition.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted an increased rating of 50 percent from July 28, 2023. Other claims for increased ratings were denied.
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