The Board denied separate compensable evaluations for instability of the right and left knees prior to September 13, 2013, finding no evidence of recurrent subluxation or lateral instability.
The deciding factor: VA examiners found no recurrent subluxation or lateral instability in either knee during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Knee disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18151298
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