The Board found that the veteran's right knee disability, which includes postoperative residuals and chondromalacia, is productive of painful motion and functional impairment that equates to limitation of motion compensated by a 20 percent rating. The veteran does not experience lateral instability or subluxation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right knee disability resulted in limited range of motion without significant instability or other disabling conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a right knee disability, chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0122981
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating greater than 10 percent for right knee internal derangement, chondromalacia, and degenerative arthritis with painful motion, denied a compensable rating for the same condition with limited extension, but granted a 10 percent rating for right lateral knee instability.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for a left knee disability, including degenerative arthritis, chondromalacia, and meniscus tear, based on the evidence showing current diagnoses and continuous symptoms since service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right knee joint osteoarthritis and chondromalacia, finding no evidence of a chronic condition in service or within the applicable presumptive period. The claim was also denied based on a lack of medical nexus between the current disability and an in-service injury.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral musculoskeletal strain with degenerative changes has precluded substantially gainful employment since March 1, 2017.
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