The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disability, manifested by pain causing functional impairment and superimposed upon a congenital defect (left knee bipartite patella), finding that the Veteran's current condition is due to injury during active duty.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's left knee pain over and above the congenital defect could reasonably be due to training and other activities during service, despite the bipartite patella itself not being caused by service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee bipartite patella
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2026
- Citation
- A26004495
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