The Board has granted service connection for patellofemoral syndrome of the bilateral knees and assigned a 10 percent rating each, effective July 1, 2010.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's knee disabilities are manifested by limitation of motion due to pain. The VA examinations did not show any additional functional loss or range of motion loss after repetitive use testing and there was no objective evidence of instability in either knee.
- Claimed conditions
- Patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1717476
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee disability is currently rated at 20 percent for limitation of extension, but the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted due to limited evidence of additional functional loss.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee disability is characterized by pain and limited flexion to 100 degrees. The Board has determined that the evidence does not support a higher rating, as the condition does not meet the criteria for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's appeal for further development and consideration due to inadequacies in previous opinions regarding service connection for his right knee disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for patellofemoral syndrome with osteoarthritis of both knees due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination.
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