The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability, diagnosed as chondromalacia of the patella, is granted. The Board found that the evidence supports a direct relationship between the current condition and active service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examination provided an unfavorable opinion due to the examiner not addressing all instances of left knee pain noted in service treatment records, but the Veteran's lay statements supported his claim for continuous symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondromalacia of the patella
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2022
- Citation
- 22049180
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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.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeals for higher ratings and service connection were dismissed because the veteran withdrew them.
- Granted
The Board has granted a separate disability rating of 10 percent for instability of the left knee, effective May 4, 2021. The Veteran's left knee chondromalacia progressed to include symptoms of slight to mild instability beginning on that date.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee chondromalacia of the patella is currently rated at 30 percent since September 1, 2012. The Board found that a higher rating was not warranted for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected left knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for either condition.
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