The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the assigned separate 20 percent disability ratings for instability of the right and left knees is denied. The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU is also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show a change in disability status within one year prior to the filing of the June 13, 2007 claim or that the Veteran was precluded from substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities prior to February 14, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- instability of the right and left knees, lymphedema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1802551
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