The Veteran's vertigo and left knee disability are currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The right knee disability is also rated at 10 percent prior to June 24, 2021, but granted an initial rating of 10 percent since that date. The lumbar spine disability remains rated at 10 percent regardless of the effective date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's vertigo and left knee disabilities are not shown to meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes, with no new evidence provided to reopen service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (vertigo), Degenerative Arthritis of the Left Knee with Shin Splints (left knee disability), Degenerative Arthritis Lumbar Spine (lumbar spine disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24005857
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right knee instability is rated at 30 percent, the maximum schedular rating.,The Veteran's lumbar spine disability and right knee osteoarthritis are both rated at 40 percent.
- Granted
The Veteran's vertigo is rated at a 30 percent disability rating, the highest possible under DC 6204.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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