The Board has granted a 20% evaluation for the veteran's right knee patellar tendonitis and denied any increase in his left knee patellar tendonitis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found moderate instability of the right knee, warranting a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5257.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellar tendonitis, left knee patellar tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0314429
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee patellar tendonitis, finding that there was no evidence to establish a nexus between the in-service compartment strain and the current condition.
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