The Board has granted an effective date of July 31, 2003 for the grant of service connection for left and right knee flexion disabilities secondary to service-connected metabolic myopathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's July 2003 Notice of Disagreement (NOD) was considered an informal claim for benefits related to his bilateral knee conditions, which were found to be secondary to his service-connected metabolic myopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee flexion disability, right knee flexion disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20028128
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for his service-connected right knee strain, as the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's left knee flexion and extension disabilities were granted a 30 percent rating from November 19, 2014, while the left knee osteoarthritis was denied an increased rating.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the right ankle and an additional 10 percent rating for right knee instability, while denying higher ratings for left ankle, right knee extension, left knee flexion, and left knee extension disabilities.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw it.
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