The Board has granted a 10 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected retropatellar pain syndrome, left knee. The other issues have been resolved in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a higher evaluation based on additional functional loss or instability due to recurrent subluxation or lateral instability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease, Multiple Joints, Retropatellar Pain Syndrome, Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0609678
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date of February 29, 2000, for an award of TDIU on an extraschedular basis due to his service-connected back and left knee disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted clothing allowances for a back brace and wheelchair, but denied them for a neck brace, bilateral knee braces, pain medication therapy, cane, and walker.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability is granted a separate 20 percent rating for dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of locking, pain, and effusion.
- Granted
The Veteran's knee disabilities have been rated based on their effects on his ability to perform activities of daily living, with a 30 percent rating for post-operative residuals and a 40 percent rating for limited extension. A separate 10 percent rating has also been granted for symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage.
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