Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee degenerative joint disease as secondary to the Veteran's right knee degenerative joint disease, but denied an increased disability rating for the service-connected sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion supporting the claim for left knee degenerative joint disease was deemed credible and supported by a thorough explanation, while there was no evidence that the sinusitis caused sinus headaches, which are required for an increased disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative joint disease, sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010653
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