The Board finds that an earlier effective date of April 1, 2011 for service connection and a higher rating of 10% for left knee instability and patellofemoral syndrome are not warranted. The RO's decision to assign the February 14, 2013 effective dates is upheld.
The deciding factor: The earliest post-service medical evidence of patellofemoral syndrome with left knee limitation of motion due to pain is found in a VA compensation examination report dated in September 2013. The Veteran's original service connection claim remained pending until the RO granted service connection for left knee instability and patellofemoral syndrome in December 2012, which was within one year of the January 29, 2013 notification of the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee instability, left knee patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 20, 2018
- Citation
- 1823716
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