The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for patellofemoral joint syndrome of both knees and lumbar spine disability, finding no in-service injury or disease involving his knees. The Board also found that there is insufficient competent medical evidence to establish a nexus between his current knee conditions and his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find any pathophysiologic relationship between the Veteran's patellofemoral joint syndrome of both knees and his service-connected degenerative arthritis of lumbar spine with bilateral positive straight leg raises, finding that there was no in-service injury or disease involving his knees. The Board also found that there is insufficient competent medical evidence to establish a nexus between his current knee conditions and his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Patellofemoral joint syndrome, right knee, Patellofemoral joint syndrome, left knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2017
- Citation
- 1726686
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