The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of June 23, 1998 for a 20% evaluation for chondromalacia, right knee.
The deciding factor: There were no VA medical records showing an increase in the veteran's right knee symptomatology prior to the June 1998 VA examination. The effective date was assigned based on the earliest date of factually ascertainable increase in disability (June 23, 1998).
- Claimed conditions
- Chondromalacia, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0110787
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