The Veteran's service connection claims for left and right knee patellar tendonitis are granted as the condition is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the current disability of bilateral patellar tendinitis is related to in-service injuries, supported by the Veteran's lay statements, STRs, and a private physician's opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellar tendonitis, right knee patellar tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19160330
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee patellar tendonitis, finding that there was no evidence to establish a nexus between the in-service compartment strain and the current condition.
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