The Veteran is granted a 10 percent rating for right knee PFS prior to March 8, 2011, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter.,The Veteran is granted a 10 percent rating for left knee PFS prior to March 8, 2011, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter. The Veteran is also granted a 10 percent rating for the left knee scar post laceration before February 2, 2015, and a 20 percent rating thereafter.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral knees have been productive of painful motion with flexion limited to no less than 110 degrees on each side, including on repetition, and extension to 0 degrees. The left knee scar has also been both painful and unstable since February 2, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS), Left Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1740181
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