The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Osgood-Schlatter disease and patellofemoral syndrome, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic ongoing condition in service or post-service. The examiner found no relationship between the current knee problems and any incident of service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran did not have Osgood-Schlatter disease based on lack of x-ray evidence of such condition in service or post-service, and found no relationship between the current patellofemoral syndrome and any incident of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Osgood-Schlatter disease, patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2013
- Citation
- 1307911
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- Denied
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