The Veteran withdrew her appeal on all issues related to service connection and evaluations for various conditions, including knee instability, genitourinary disorder, mechanical low back strain, patellofemoral syndrome of the right and left knees, and right shoulder tendonitis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeals in writing prior to the Board's decision being issued.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee instability, service-connected bilateral patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2012
- Citation
- 1218166
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board has granted service connection for right knee disability, left knee arthritis, and bilateral knee instability. The decision is based on the Veteran's competent and credible lay evidence regarding the onset of symptoms in service.
- Granted
The Board has restored the 10 percent rating for bilateral knee instability, which was previously reduced to noncompensable effective November 1, 2020.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for various conditions, including kidney stones, shoulder injuries, foot and ankle issues, and back problems. The Board dismissed the appeal due to the withdrawal.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bilateral knee instability and denied service connection for right and left knee instability, finding no nexus between the Veteran's knee conditions and his service or service-connected disabilities.
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