The Board has granted an effective date of July 29, 2011 for the grant of service connection for right knee instability.
The deciding factor: The claim was received on July 29, 2011 and the Veteran's symptoms of right knee instability were noted as early as May 2010. The effective date is set at the date of the claim due to lack of evidence showing entitlement within one year prior.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19191352
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability but denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right knee instability and a 20 percent rating for painful and/or limited motion of the right knee, but denied a higher rating for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Denied
The Board denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for the veteran's left hamstring and right knee conditions, as well as a TDIU claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for left and right knee instability and limitation of flexion due to an inadequate VA examination.
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