The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities have been granted and rated at 10 percent, effective July 22, 2003. The appeal is resolved in the Veteran's favor for increased ratings and an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding of degenerative joint disease with chondromalacia patella that warrants a 10 percent disability rating under DCs 5257, 5260, and 5261. The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities have been granted effective July 22, 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease, Chondromalacia Patella
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1016603
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