The Veteran was granted service connection for Pellegrini-Stieda of the left knee and Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the right knee with an initial rating of 10% effective February 4, 2008. The effective dates were assigned based on receipt of his reopened claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted new and material evidence regarding his service-connected conditions which led to a reopening of his claims for service connection for Pellegrini-Stieda of the left knee and Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the right knee. As these were direct service connection cases, no presumption or secondary relationship was considered.
- Claimed conditions
- Pellegrini-Stieda of the left knee, Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 29, 2012
- Citation
- 1240822
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