The Board granted an increased initial disability rating of 20 percent for the veteran's service-connected left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, effective October 1, 2002.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran's symptoms and functional impairment were consistent with a 20 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 5260 (disability of the knee).
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0312036
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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