The VA has granted the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for right knee patellofemoral syndrome and limited extension of the right knee, assigning each a 10 percent disability evaluation.
The deciding factor: The VA examination findings supported the need for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome, Limited Extension of Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0613711
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for eligibility to direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits granted in a July 2023 Board decision and effectuated in a January 2024 rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee patellofemoral syndrome and chondromalacia have not been found to warrant a disability rating in excess of 10 percent, while his lateral instability has been granted a separate 10 percent rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and multiple orthopedic conditions, rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment during the period from October 13, 2016 to October 13, 2017. The Board granted a TDIU rating for this period.
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