The Board granted service connection for bilateral patellofemoral pain syndrome and increased the evaluation of the veteran's service-connected herniated nucleus pulposus of the lumbar spine to 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that it is more likely than not that the condition was present while the veteran was on active duty, supporting the claim for service connection. The veteran's symptoms are consistent with patellofemoral pain syndrome and do not correlate with a specific injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral patellofemoral pain syndrome, herniated nucleus pulposus of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0607060
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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC) in Washington, DC.
- Dismissed
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