The appeal for service connection of a right knee condition was dismissed because the veteran did not file the required form within one year of the rating decision.
The deciding factor: The veteran's VA Form 10182 was filed outside the one-year period and no good cause was found for the delay.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee strain with patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25002071
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,677 · Granted: 26% (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
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right knee strain with patellofemoral syndrome based on limitation of flexion, extension, and instability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee strain with patellofemoral syndrome, and also granted initial ratings of 30 percent for right knee strain with patellofemoral syndrome, cervical strain, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- Denied
The Board denied all claims. The veteran's knee conditions did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating, and earlier effective dates for the depressive disorder and TDIU were not warranted.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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