The Veteran's left knee disability was granted a separate evaluation for dislocated semilunar cartilage, but the overall rating for chondromalacia of the patella with productive changes remained at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The locking and pain in the left knee supported an increased rating under DC 5258, while the limitation of motion did not warrant a higher evaluation under other applicable codes.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondromalacia of the patella with productive changes, dislocated semilunar cartilage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0911358
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Decisions by this judge: 1,377 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted increased ratings for the service-connected left knee osteoarthritis, left and right knee instability, and left and right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy in certain periods, while denying increased ratings in other periods.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical findings in a previous VA examination, specifically regarding range of motion measurements and pain with weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability was granted a separate 20 percent rating for dislocated cartilage from July 14, 2019, through December 10, 2020. The rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis remains denied.
- Denied
The Board denied separate compensable evaluations for right knee conditions and service connection for a left knee disability. The Veteran's left knee condition is now granted.
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