The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral knee instability and OA was granted effective from November 26, 2001. The Board found that the preponderance of evidence did not support an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: There was no prior claim for service connection for a bilateral knee disorder before November 26, 2001, and the Veteran's current diagnoses differ from his previously diagnosed Reiter’s syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee instability, bilateral knee osteoarthritis (OA)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2018
- Citation
- 18145943
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee disability, left knee arthritis, and bilateral knee instability. The decision is based on the Veteran's competent and credible lay evidence regarding the onset of symptoms in service.
- Granted
The Board has restored the 10 percent rating for bilateral knee instability, which was previously reduced to noncompensable effective November 1, 2020.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for various conditions, including kidney stones, shoulder injuries, foot and ankle issues, and back problems. The Board dismissed the appeal due to the withdrawal.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bilateral knee instability and denied service connection for right and left knee instability, finding no nexus between the Veteran's knee conditions and his service or service-connected disabilities.
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