The Veteran's left knee disability is manifested by pain and subjective instability, with full extension but limited flexion to 55 degrees without pain. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for her service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The objective findings do not demonstrate limitation of motion or other disabling conditions warranting an evaluation higher than 10 percent under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1001543
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