The Veteran's initial disability ratings for patellofemoral syndrome of the left and right knees have been granted at a 10 percent level since December 14, 2008. The appeal regarding higher disability ratings or entitlement to TDIU is still pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's knee disabilities were manifested by pain and functional impairment without additional loss of motion due to factors such as pain, weakness, lack of endurance, fatigability, incoordination, or flare-ups. The disability did not result in ankylosis, subluxation, lateral instability, semilunar cartilage dislocation, symptomatic tibia or fibula impairment, or genu recurvatum.
- Claimed conditions
- Patellofemoral syndrome of the left knee, Patellofemoral syndrome of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20003889
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.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from April 4, 2009, to July 9, 2015.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for revision of a March 1998 rating decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) that assigned an initial noncompensable rating for his right knee condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the criteria for intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative arthritis or for TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including non-scarring residuals resulting from an umbilical hernia repair and knee and lumbar spine disabilities.
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