The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities have been rated as 10 percent disabling each, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted for either knee.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations conducted in August 2008, April 2011, and March 2013 did not show any evidence of arthritis, instability or subluxation, ankylosis, cartilage dislocation or removal, impairment of the tibia or fibula, or genu recurvatum. The Veteran's knee disabilities are currently rated based on limitation of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome of the Right Knee, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome of the Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2013
- Citation
- 1317868
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