The Board denied the Veteran's claim of CUE in the May 1994 rating decision that awarded service connection for chondromalacia patellae of both knees and assigned a single 10 percent rating, finding no clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The RO correctly applied the law and facts at the time to assign a single 10 percent disability rating for bilateral knee disability based on x-ray evidence showing arthritis in two or more major joints.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia patellae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24064558
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for evaluations in excess of 10 percent for both left and right knee disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left and right knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a link between current knee conditions and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues related to increased ratings for various knee and cervical spine conditions due to the submission of new evidence since the last Statement of the Case.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left knee and right knee osteoarthritis, chondromalacia patellae, patellofemoral dysfunction, and meniscal tear. The conditions are related to the Veteran's active service.
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