The Board denied effective dates prior to December 3, 2013, for the grant of service connection for right knee meniscal tear and strain with osteoarthritis.,The Board also remanded several claims related to the Veteran's right knee, lumbar spine, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral plantar fasciitis, right CTS, and scar.
The deciding factor: The effective dates for service connection were denied as they predated the date of receipt of the claim on December 3, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Meniscal Tear, Status Post Partial Meniscectomy, Right Knee Strain with Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2024
- Citation
- 24006743
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities are rated based on limitation of motion, with the right knee receiving separate ratings for flexion and extension issues. The left knee is rated solely for loss of extension.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's right knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher evaluation based on limitation of motion or instability.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability, including strain with osteoarthritis and instability, has been rated at 20 percent since August 7, 2014. The RO found that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on functional loss due to pain or other factors.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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