The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board finds no evidence of clear and unmistakable error in assigning an effective date of June 19, 2002.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence showing that a claim for service connection was filed prior to June 19, 2002, or that VA committed CUE in the assignment of this effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- Not specified
- Citation
- 18100065
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