The Board has granted service connection for chondromalacia of the right patella, and is remanding the remaining claims for asthma, COPD, and multilobar pneumonia to allow for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right knee pain was found to be incurred in service due to a pre-existing injury during military training. The Board granted this claim based on resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia of the right patella, asthma, multilobar pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1008238
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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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