The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including painful motion of the cervical spine, right shoulder, left hip, right hip, left knee, right knee, left ankle, and right ankle associated with undiagnosed illness, have been granted effective April 23, 2007.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities were found to be present as of the date of receipt of his claim for increased compensation on April 23, 2007.
- Claimed conditions
- painful motion of the cervical spine, painful motion of the right shoulder, painful motion of the left hip, painful motion of the right hip, painful motion of the left knee, painful motion of the right knee, painful motion of the left ankle, painful motion of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21006020
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for GERD and various increased rating claims while granting a 30% disability evaluation for IBS with constipation, an effective date of November 12, 2021, for the award of a 20% rating for right shoulder instability, and a 10% rating for painful motion of the right knee.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent evaluation for left and right knee sprain, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the September 2013 rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right knee, tinnitus, and bilateral uveitis, finding that the current ratings were appropriate based on the evidence of record.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability was granted. All other claims were denied.
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