The veteran withdrew the appeal for effective dates prior to September 27, 2024, for the awards of service connection for various knee and back conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran formally withdrew the appeal in a May 2025 statement, indicating no further action on these issues is required.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back strain, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with limitation of flexion, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with limitation of extension, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with instability, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with limitation of flexion, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with limitation of extension, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110379
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 918 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates as they are not valid freestanding claims and the Veteran did not appeal the effective dates within one year of notification.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to disability ratings in excess of 20 percent for right and left knee instability from October 19, 2015.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, finding that the severity of his symptoms did not warrant a higher disability rating. The claims for increased ratings for bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with instability were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating and earlier effective dates for service-connected lumbosacral strain, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with limitation of extension, and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with limitation of extension.
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