The Board dismissed the claim for an earlier effective date for a separate 20 percent rating for right knee impairment under Diagnostic Code 5258 as it is not permissible to appeal such decisions.
The deciding factor: The decision was final and dismissing any freestanding claim for an earlier effective date would vitiate its finality.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23022850
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's initial ratings for knee disabilities were denied as there was no clear and unmistakable error in the January 2020 rating decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his right knee, left knee, and right hip disabilities due to inadequate examinations. The case will be returned for further evaluations.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee impairment was incurred during active service and is now granted as service-connected.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss warrants no greater than a Level I rating for each ear under Table VI.,Entitlement to increases in the ratings for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right knee limitation of extension, and right knee impairment is remanded.
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