Filed for disability last year after returning from Iraq. Received 40% rating: 20% right shoulder strain, 10% left knee (medial meniscus tear), 10% right knee (medial meniscus tear), 10% degenerative disk disease, 0% diabetes, 0% hypertension, all SC. I also filed on left wrist sprain, tinnitus and sinuses. I asked my local VSO about filing a NOD because they didn't give me a bilateral for my knees. She said that they combined the 10's for 19 and the take the bilateral factor against the 19 for a 1.9% increase. I assumed that it would be added to the rest for a rating of 47.5, rounded to 50%. Any opinions on what to do? Any advise is greatly appreciated.
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Filed for disability last year after returning from Iraq. Received 40% rating: 20% right shoulder strain, 10% left knee (medial meniscus tear), 10% right knee (medial meniscus tear), 10% degenerative disk disease, 0% diabetes, 0% hypertension, all SC. I also filed on left wrist sprain, tinnitus and sinuses. I asked my local VSO about filing a NOD because they didn't give me a bilateral for my knees. She said that they combined the 10's for 19 and the take the bilateral factor against the 19 for a 1.9% increase. I assumed that it would be added to the rest for a rating of 47.5, rounded to 50%. Any opinions on what to do? Any advise is greatly appreciated.
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