The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the increase in his left knee disability from no percent to 10 percent is granted. The effective date is set at June 17, 1997, which is the day following his separation from military service.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined based on the veteran's claim being submitted within a year of his separation from active service and the onset of symptoms in August 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0032395
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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