The Board has granted an effective date of October 4, 2016 for the grant of a 60 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected left knee condition. The decision finds that the presumption of regularity was rebutted and that the earlier claim is factually ascertainable.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence rebuts the presumption of regularity, and that the date of the Veteran's claim (October 4, 2016) was properly used as the effective date. The worsening of the Veteran's condition began over one year prior to his October 4, 2016 claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23067144
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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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