The Veteran's service-connected left knee disability is granted with a 10 percent rating, effective from February 23, 2018.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports and medical records show that the Veteran has chondromalacia patella and semilunar cartilage removal prior to February 23, 2018. From this date onwards, his disability is rated based on degenerative arthritis with limited motion.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondromalacia patella, left knee semilunar cartilage removal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19186763
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and granted increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and right ankle disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for right knee limitation of extension and left knee limitation of extension, but denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for right and left knee chondromalacia patella.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings for various knee and hip conditions, as well as granted a rating of 10 percent from June 16, 2022, for right knee instability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased knee ratings and TDIU for further development, as the previous Board decision did not provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases and failed to ensure VA's duty to assist had been satisfied.
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