The Veteran's initial and current ratings for right knee painful motion, instability, left knee painful motion, and instability have been granted. The Veteran is currently rated at 10 percent for each condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the Veteran has continuous knee problems with painful motion and instability, warranting the assigned ratings under direct service connection criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Chondromalacia, Left Knee Chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190730
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What this means for you
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