The Board has granted initial compensable ratings of 10 percent for retropatellar pain syndrome, right knee, and right wrist tendonitis since their effective dates.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed functional loss due to pain on use for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- retropatellar pain syndrome of the right knee, right wrist tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0334089
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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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