The Board has granted service connection for chondromalacia of the right and left knees, but denied requests for higher initial ratings. The veteran's right knee is currently rated at 10 percent disabling due to residuals of a medial meniscectomy with degenerative arthritis, while his left knee is rated as non-compensable due to degenerative joint disease.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the need for higher ratings based on additional functional loss or other criteria under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Chondromalacia of the right knee, status post medial meniscectomy, Chondromalacia of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0836247
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 20 percent rating for left knee chondromalacia under Diagnostic Code 5258, effective January 4, 2001.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's chondromalacia of the right knee and chondromalacia of the left knee.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from April 4, 2009, to July 9, 2015.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left knee disabilities, except that it granted a 10 percent rating for instability of the right knee prior to September 28, 2018, and a 20 percent rating from that date. The Board also granted a 10 percent rating for instability of the left knee.
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