The Veteran's right and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome are granted, as they are related to parachute jumps during active service.,The Veteran's recurrent epistaxis is remanded due to the need for an addendum medical opinion regarding presumed exposure to fine particulate matter during his Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners provided negative nexus opinions, focusing on the lack of contemporaneous knee complaints or treatment in service records and post-service records until 2014. However, both opinions acknowledged the Veteran's parachute jumps during service as a significant source of repetitive stress and overuse of his knees.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), left knee PFPS, recurrent epistaxis, skin disability (claimed as body rashes and blistered feet)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22003434
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- Granted
Service connection is granted for dry eye syndrome, photophobia, and right knee PFPS. Service connection for right shoulder strain and left shoulder strain is remanded.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals because his requests to appeal were not timely filed, and he did not provide good cause for the delay.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for eye condition, recurrent epistaxis, and respiratory disorder (chronic strep throat and sore throat) and asthma. The Board found that there is no evidence linking these conditions to her military service.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 20 percent for right and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) limitation of flexion, effective September 19, 2019.
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