The Board granted a higher (minimum compensable) rating of 10 percent for left knee tendinosis, finding that the Veteran's pain caused functional impairment despite normal range of motion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners could not replicate the Veteran’s subjective complaints of pain on objective physical examination and found no additional functional loss due to pain.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee tendinosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19179097
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and consideration of new evidence.
- Granted
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