The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability is granted. The Veteran's hiatal hernia with reflux symptoms are rated at 30 percent, but no higher.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and the Veteran's statements supported that his current left knee disability had its onset in service, while his hiatal hernia symptoms were found to meet the criteria for a 30% rating based on persistent recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee, hiatal hernia with reflux symptoms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001851
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Decisions by this judge: 237 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee; right knee strain with instability (limitation of flexion); and right knee strain with instability (impairment of the knee) have been granted effective December 30, 2022.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left and right knees due to insufficient evidence in the record regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current knee conditions.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for a compensable disability rating for tension headaches and service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee as secondary to lumbosacral strain (also claimed as low back, spine condition).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral knee disorders are remanded for further evaluation due to the need for a new VA examination to determine their etiology.
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