Your appeal has been dismissed as the issue of service connection for a right knee disability other than prepatellar bursitis is moot due to the May 2016 rating decision which granted all five diagnosed right knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The appealed issue was fully resolved by the May 2016 rating decision, granting service connection for all diagnosed right knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- prepatellar bursitis, chondromalacia patellae, proximal medial collateral sprain, patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), prepatellar fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1717668
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error regarding the Veteran's left knee disability. A VA examination is required to determine if the condition began during service or is otherwise related to active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for evaluations in excess of 10 percent for both left and right knee disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left and right knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a link between current knee conditions and service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim of CUE in the May 1994 rating decision that awarded service connection for chondromalacia patellae of both knees and assigned a single 10 percent rating, finding no clear and unmistakable error.
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