The Veteran's claims for initial ratings for right knee retropatellar pain syndrome, inversion laxity of the left and right ankles, and a comminuted fracture of the right middle finger were granted with 10% ratings effective May 6, 2006.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's disabilities met the criteria for a 10% rating based on objective clinical findings of tenderness, stiffness, and recurrent painful motion without additional loss of range of motion or functional impairment due to pain on repetitive use.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee retropatellar pain syndrome, inversion laxity of the left ankle, inversion laxity of the right ankle, comminuted fracture of the right middle finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0905308
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for right knee retropatellar pain syndrome from August 23, 2010, and denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a right ankle disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request to revise the July 2006 rating decision that continued a noncompensable evaluation for bilateral knee retropatellar pain syndrome, finding no clear and unmistakable error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for left knee instability, and in excess of 10 percent for both left knee degenerative joint disease and right knee retropatellar pain syndrome due to outstanding medical records and the need for an additional VA examination.
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