The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic right knee sprain and chronic lumbosacral sprain, both secondary to her service-connected left knee injury.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on a private physician's opinion that supports the Veteran's claim of an antalgic gait due to her service-connected left knee injury leading to her current right knee and back disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right knee sprain, chronic lumbosacral sprain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22032310
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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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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his left and right knee disabilities were denied because he failed to attend a VA examination scheduled in March 2015, which was necessary to evaluate the severity of his conditions.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 10 percent for chronic lumbosacral strain prior to December 10, 2014 was denied.,The Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 20 percent for chronic lumbosacral strain from December 10, 2014 until January 24, 2018 was denied.,The Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 40 percent for chronic lumbosacral strain since January 24, 2018 remains pending and is remanded.,The Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to December 10, 2014 was denied.,The Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since December 10, 2014 remains pending and is remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic right knee sprain, degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbar spine, and chronic right hip sprain.,The VA examiner found no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's in-service injuries or events.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal is denied as his right knee disability does not warrant an evaluation in excess of the current 10 percent rating.
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