9/9/08

a. Assigning Multiple LOM Evaluations for a Joint . In VAOPGCPREC 9-2004 Office of General Counsel (OGC) held that separate evaluations under 38 CFR 4.71a, Diagnostic Code (DC) 5260, (limitation of knee flexion) and 38 CFR 4.71a, DC 5261, (limitation of knee extension) can be assigned without pyramiding.Despite the fact that knee flexion and extension both occur in the same plane of motion ... ................
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