The Veteran's service-connected right patellar chondromalacia is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board found that this rating was appropriate. The Veteran does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation based on her symptoms or disability level.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any instability or subluxation of the right knee, which would warrant a separate rating under Diagnostic Code 5257.
- Claimed conditions
- right patellar chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1026031
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