The Board has determined that the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities, currently identified as patellar tendonitis, do not warrant a compensable rating under applicable diagnostic codes due to their mild symptoms and full range of motion with no additional limitation following repetitive motion.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show significant arthritis or other conditions that would warrant a higher rating for the Veteran's knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Patellar Tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1011128
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- Granted
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