The Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee disability was granted with an effective date of January 13, 1983. The Board also granted a rating of 20 percent disabling from October 24, 2013 to December 17, 2014 for the left knee cartilage condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was pending since January 13, 1983 due to the failure to send out a Statement of the Case (SOC). The Board granted an effective date of January 13, 1983 and also granted a rating of 20 percent disabling for the left knee cartilage condition from October 24, 2013 to December 17, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"left knee osteoarthritis status post left cruciate ligament repair"}, {"condition_name":"left knee cartilage, semilunar, dislocated"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185533
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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