The Board finds that the Veteran sustained a bilateral knee injury during service and has experienced continuous symptoms since then. The Board is at least in equipoise on whether these symptoms are related to her military service, thus granting service connection for post-traumatic chondromalacia patella.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current diagnosed bilateral knee disability of post-traumatic arthritis is related to active service due to her subjective symptoms and physical findings during the May 2012 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2012
- Citation
- 1230842
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- Dismissed
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