The Board has determined that the evidence and information currently of record are sufficient to substantiate the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral patellofemoral syndrome. Therefore, no further development is required to comply with the notice or duty to assist provisions of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA).
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's knee pain was at least as likely as not caused by or a result of altered gait secondary to his service-connected back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral patellofemoral syndrome, left lower leg stress fracture, right lower leg stress fracture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0638396
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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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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not show that she was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to her service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim for bilateral patellofemoral syndrome, but denied service connection for both wrist crepitus/carpal tunnel syndrome and patellofemoral syndrome.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for low back disability but denied service connection for bilateral knee disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA compensation examination and new evidence from his private physician.
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