The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of her service-connected bilateral patellofemoral pain syndrome, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran's bilateral patellofemoral pain syndrome limited flexion in either knee to 45 degrees, which is required for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent under Diagnostic Codes 5260 and 5261.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0622937
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