The Board has determined that the effective date for a 20 percent disability evaluation for the veteran's service-connected left knee osteochondritis dissecans and arthritis with limitation of motion should be set at January 25, 1999.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations conducted in August 1999 indicated that the veteran had marked restriction of left knee motion without ankylosis. The January 2003 examination confirmed this finding and established that the disability met the criteria for a 20 percent evaluation since January 25, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteochondritis dissecans, Arthritis with limitation of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 15, 2005
- Citation
- 0519273
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