The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected bilateral retropatellar syndrome does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for the left knee or a compensable rating for the right knee.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of subluxation, instability, arthritis, or limitation of motion in either knee that would support a higher evaluation under VA's rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee retropatellar syndrome, right knee retropatellar syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0024081
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