The Board has granted service connection for right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the condition is related to active duty service. The decision was based on the Veteran's lay statements of continuous symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's lay testimony credible and considered it in conjunction with her medical records, which showed right knee pain symptoms both during and after service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21062503
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hand, bilateral hip, and bilateral foot disabilities are granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia is granted as service-connected.
- Granted
The Board has granted a Total Disability Rating for Individual Unemployability (TDIU) from June 1, 2008 due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral strain was granted a 40 percent rating effective from March 15, 2013.,A separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to insufficient evidence and need for new examinations. The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left knee disability, right knee disability, and cervical spine strain are not fully addressed.
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