The Board granted a rating of 10 percent for chondromalacia of the right patella and awarded an additional, separate 10 percent evaluation for mild degenerative joint disease of the right knee. The Veteran's service-connected right knee disability is currently rated as 20 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability was manifested by symptoms such as limitation of flexion to 128 degrees, extension lacking 5 degrees of full extension, tenderness to palpation, crepitus, and subjective complaints of instability, pain, and stiffness.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia of the right patella, mild degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0948763
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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