The Veteran seeks an effective date earlier than July 30, 2015 for the award of service connection for left knee and right knee disabilities based on limited flexion. The AOJ has assigned the earliest possible effective date for the grant of benefits, the date of receipt of the claim.,For the entire appeal period beginning July 30, 2015, the Veteran's bilateral knee disability was rated at a 10 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5260 based on limitation of flexion.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support an increased rating for right or left knee disabilities based on limited flexion.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disability, Right Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24026259
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities are rated at 10% each, and the Board finds that higher ratings are not warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are not related to his active service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disability, finding that there is no evidence to support an etiological relationship between his current condition and his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board finds no evidence of clear and unmistakable error in assigning an effective date of June 19, 2002.
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