The Board has granted service connection for bilateral internal knee derangement and knee strain. The appeals for cervical spine disability, fibrocystic breast disease, and hearing loss disability have been withdrawn by the veteran's authorized representative.
The deciding factor: Veteran withdrew appeal for cervical spine, fibrocystic breast disease, and hearing loss disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral internal knee derangement, knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0624566
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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.
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a concurrent election of review options, which is not permissible under the Appeals Modernization Act framework.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for knee, neck, back, and shoulder strains to ensure compliance with a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to obtain opinions regarding whether the Veteran's left ankle ganglion cyst, spondylosis of the lumbar spine, knee strain, and acromioclavicular joint arthritis are caused or aggravated by his service-connected chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome.
- Partly granted
The veteran's service connection for left and right knee disabilities is granted. The claim for bilateral foot condition is remanded.
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