The Board has granted service connection for a left quadriceps strain, finding that the Veteran's current condition is etiologically related to his in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran injured his left quadriceps muscle during active duty training on July 20, 2018, and sought treatment thereafter. The Board found the medical records sufficient to establish a link between the current condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- left quadriceps strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2026
- Citation
- A26005475
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left foot condition and left quadriceps strain, finding that there is at least an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding these conditions and their causality to service.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence to support the appellant's claims of service connection for left quadriceps strain, tension headaches, neck disability, mid-back disability, and low back disability. The claims were denied as there was not a clear preponderance of the evidence supporting these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than August 31, 2003, for a 10% disability evaluation for service-connected left quadriceps strain. The earliest possible effective date was assigned based on when the disability may have first met the criteria for a 10% rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The case is remanded to address a potential claim of clear and unmistakable error in a previous rating decision that reduced the evaluation for left quadriceps strain, which may impact the effective date of the increased disability rating.
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