Your claim for service connection for a right knee disability, claimed as residuals of a right knee fracture, has been granted. The issue is now moot and will be dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was granted based on the finding that her in-service right knee fracture resulted in current residual conditions, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1740548
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals of service connection for neck disability, back disability, right knee fracture, and right thigh fracture as they were already pending in the legacy system.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a right knee fracture with degenerative arthritis has been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and granted a separate rating of 20 percent for right knee semilunar dislocated cartilage with frequent episodes of 'locking', pain, and effusion into the joint. The Veteran's other claims were not addressed due to lack of evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected residuals of a right knee fracture, limitation of motion of the right knee, and sleep apnea. The Veteran is also required to provide VA with his private physician’s medical records related to these conditions.
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