The appeal for service connection for a bilateral knee condition was dismissed as the Veteran's April 2024 Notice of Disagreement (NOD) was an impermissible concurrent election and no waiver was made.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the April 2024 NOD was an impermissible concurrent election, and since the Veteran has been granted service connection for a bilateral knee disability, there remains no adverse action in which the Veteran disagrees.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25030074
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, a bilateral knee condition, and a back condition (including back pain) based on new and relevant evidence. The claim for a gynecological condition was denied.
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