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The Board has granted the appellant's application for a certificate of eligibility for VA home loan guaranty benefits due to her discharge from military service because of a service-connected right knee disorder.

The deciding factor: The appellant was discharged from military service due to a stress fracture in her right femur, which led to a right knee condition that prevented her from completing basic training. As she was released from service due to a service-connected disability, the Board found that she meets one of the exceptions for eligibility under 38 U.S.C. § 3702(a)(2)(B).

Claimed conditions
Right knee disorder, Additional disorders service-connected secondary to right knee disorder
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
10%
Decision date
October 31, 2024
Citation
A24070582

Veterans Law Judge

MATTHEW W. BLACKWELDER

Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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