The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on recurrent subluxation or instability of moderate severity or worse, and that there was no limitation of flexion to less than 110 degrees in either knee.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no more than slight knee impairment manifested by recurrent subluxation or instability. The veteran's complaints included pain, but the clinical findings did not document more than slight knee impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia, degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0836522
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