The Board has denied service connection for chronic right knee disorders and left knee disorder, but remanded the issue of service connection for a right foot disorder due to potential pre-existing condition aggravation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support direct service connection for the right knee or left knee disorders. The Veteran's current diagnoses are not related to his military service based on the lack of in-service complaints and treatment, as well as the absence of continuity of symptomatology since service. For the right foot disorder, the Board found that pes planus was clearly and unmistakably pre-existing and did not aggravate during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic right knee disorder, Chronic left knee disorder, Right foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2024
- Citation
- A24078112
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right foot disorder and a left foot disorder, finding that these conditions are etiologically related to the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chronic right knee disorder, finding that the current right knee strain is not related to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for various conditions including an acquired psychiatric disorder, visual impairment, bilateral hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, a right elbow disorder, a right foot disorder, and a right lower extremity nerve disability due to the lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
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