The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral chondromalacia, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by active service and is unrelated to service-connected bilateral pes planus.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that there is no medical literature supporting a direct relationship between the veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus and his current bilateral knee disorder (chondromalacia).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0843596
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral chondromalacia and dismissed the appeal for service connection for asthma due to untimely filing.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee conditions, finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease that led to current diagnoses.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of entitlement to higher ratings for left and right knee strain due to a lack of adequate examination findings, particularly regarding range of motion testing.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence received, specifically relevant service department records that existed but were not of record at the time of previous rating decisions. The issue of whether there was clear and unmistakable error in the June 1992 and August 1995 rating decisions is moot as a result.
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