The Board found that the veteran's right knee disability, manifested by complaints of pain on motion and very slight limitation of flexion, does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show moderate impairment due to recurrent subluxation or lateral instability such as to warrant a 20 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5257.
- Claimed conditions
- retropatellar pain syndrome of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0614041
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