The appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for the service-connected left knee injury with painful motion was dismissed due to a claims-processing error.
The deciding factor: It was a claims-processing error for the Board to accept the November 2020 VA Form 10182 as an opt-in from the legacy review system into the AMA review system, and to docket the AMA appeal regarding the left knee injury with painful motion claim stemming from a non-initial AMA decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee injury with painful motion, left knee injury with instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24073662
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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