The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a right knee disability has been dismissed as the claim was already granted in September 2010.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had already received service connection for his right knee condition, which resolved the issue of entitlement to service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1040827
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hand, bilateral hip, and bilateral foot disabilities are granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia is granted as service-connected.
- Granted
The Board has granted a Total Disability Rating for Individual Unemployability (TDIU) from June 1, 2008 due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral strain was granted a 40 percent rating effective from March 15, 2013.,A separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability is granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the condition is related to active duty service. The decision was based on the Veteran's lay statements of continuous symptoms since service.
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