The Veteran's left knee disability resulted in pain, weakness, and swelling. A separate 10 percent rating is granted for left knee instability as of March 27, 2018, but no earlier. A separate 10 percent rating is also granted for muscle atrophy of the left knee, Muscle Group XIV, as of March 27, 2018, but no earlier.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left knee disability resulted in pain and weakness without ankylosis or dislocated semilunar cartilage. The examiner noted slight instability with no evidence of lateral instability on examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Patellofemoral syndrome of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115933
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Decisions by this judge: 1,676 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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