The Board denied service connection for limitation of flexion in the right knee due to a lack of evidence of current disability.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of a current right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of flexion, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24049629
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's limitation of flexion in her right knee but granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for not timely submitting a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year from the date of the mailing of an adverse decision.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection of several conditions was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw the appeal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 10% disability rating for limitation of flexion in the right knee was denied. The Board found that it was not factually ascertainable that an increase in severity had occurred within one year prior to March 26, 2020.
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