The reduction from a 30 percent to a 10 percent disability rating for service-connected left knee patellofemoral syndrome was improper, and the prior 30 percent rating is restored.
The deciding factor: The reduction was based on an examination that did not reflect actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral syndrome with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19180593
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the 30 percent and 10 percent disability evaluations for left knee patellofemoral syndrome with degenerative joint disease, and right lower extremity radiculopathy of the femoral nerve, as well as an earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance.
- Partly granted
The Board denied higher initial ratings for the service-connected right and left knee disabilities but granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee instability effective July 19, 2023.
- Denied
The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support an increase in the current ratings.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee patellofemoral syndrome with suprapatellar bursitis and degenerative joint disease, left knee patellofemoral syndrome with degenerative joint disease, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts. The effective date of the grant of service connection for uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts is set at November 4, 2004.
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