The Board has granted service connection for post-traumatic degenerative arthritis of the left knee and assigned a 10 percent evaluation, effective from when the claim was first filed.
The deciding factor: The veteran's residuals of a left knee injury with removal of the patella were found to be equivalent to post-traumatic degenerative arthritis of the left knee, which is service connected under new and material evidence criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic degenerative arthritis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0729331
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