The Board has restored the Veteran's right knee patellofemoral syndrome with arthritis rating from 10% to 20%. The reduction was found to be improper due to a lack of evidence showing actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision did not properly apply the provisions for reducing disability ratings, specifically 38 C.F.R. § 3.344, and thus the reduction is void ab initio.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral syndrome with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23012007
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a right knee disability rating and scars, status post right knee arthroscopy, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a right knee disability rating and scars, status post right knee arthroscopy, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with effective dates ranging from March 16, 2001 to January 4, 2008. The conditions were related to his military service and the VA has assigned full ratings (100%) for all granted issues.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (lumbosacral strain, left knee patellofemoral syndrome with arthritis, right knee patellofemoral syndrome with arthritis, and right shoulder limitation of motion) rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from December 30, 2011, to July 30, 2014.
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