The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) due to a duty to assist error, requiring additional development and an examination.
The deciding factor: The VA opinion was inadequate as it did not address the Veteran's statement regarding chronicity since onset of bilateral PFPS in service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), right knee PFPS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24048673
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for effective dates prior to June 10, 2022, for service connection of various conditions. The appeal is also remanded for further action on some issues.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and psoriasis, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic sinusitis, but granted a 30 percent rating for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.
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