Granted
The Board granted service connection for patellar chondromalacia, right knee and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include insomnia, chronic stress disorder, and other reactions to severe stress.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a direct link between the Veteran's claimed conditions and her military service, including credible reports of continuity of symptoms and medical opinions supporting such a connection.
- Claimed conditions
- patellar chondromalacia, right knee, acquired psychiatric disability, to include insomnia, chronic stress disorder, and other reactions to severe stress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086662
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