The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right knee injury, to include patellofemoral degenerative joint disease. The case is remanded for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran supports reopening his previously denied claim for service connection due to an in-service right knee injury.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1112959
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What this means for you
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