The Board granted service connection for left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee strain.
The deciding factor: A February 2021 private examination provided a competent and adequate opinion linking the Veteran's left knee condition to his service-connected right knee strain, addressing both causation and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24063409
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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