The Veteran's service-connected degenerative joint disease, left knee, was granted an initial rating of 10 percent effective March 16, 2009. The appeal for a higher initial rating and earlier effective date is denied.
The deciding factor: The effective date prior to March 16, 2009, is not warranted as the Veteran's claim was received in October 2003, and she did not file an original claim before that time. The service connection for left knee disability arose on June 2010 when a VA examination provided the necessary nexus evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease, Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1824190
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