The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his left knee condition, which was rated at 10 percent prior to August 25, 2000, resulted in a grant of a 30 percent rating effective from that date.
The deciding factor: The earliest date as of which it is factually ascertainable that the veteran's anterior collateral ligament and medial meniscus tears had increased in severity above the 10 percent level was August 25, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- anterior collateral ligament, medial meniscus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 26, 2005
- Citation
- 0514391
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- Dismissed
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