The Board has granted service connection for left knee disability and increased the initial rating to 30 percent. The Veteran's current left knee pain is attributed to a post-service injury during service, which resulted in chondromalacia.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the current left knee pain was more consistent with an anterior problem different from the posterior problems described during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee tendonitis, Chondromalacia patella (chondromalacia of the left knee)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1740763
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