The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, finding that his symptoms began during service and are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome had its onset in service or is otherwise related to service, granting the claim based on this finding of equipoise.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22002849
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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.
What you can do next
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