The Board denied service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left and right knees, a painful chest condition (including costochondritis), and remanded the issue of traumatic brain injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a current disability or a nexus to service for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee, patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee, costochondritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097683
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee; right knee strain with instability (limitation of flexion); and right knee strain with instability (impairment of the knee) have been granted effective December 30, 2022.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied, but his claims for tinnitus and costochondritis were granted.,The Board has remanded the claims for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), pericarditis, and myxomatous mitral valve.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left and right knees due to insufficient evidence in the record regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current knee conditions.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for a compensable disability rating for tension headaches and service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee as secondary to lumbosacral strain (also claimed as low back, spine condition).
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