The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 27, 2020, for the grant of service connection for right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's intent to file and power of attorney were received on July 27, 2020, which allowed VA to consider his claim within one year of that date.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24064219
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for right knee limitation of flexion and dislocated semilunar cartilage, but granted a compensable disability rating for right knee instability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate rating of 20 percent from July 16, 2019, to November 22, 2021, for right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage and denied an increased rating greater than 10 percent for right knee painful motion with arthritis prior to November 22, 2021.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage, denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee limitation of flexion, granted a 10 percent rating for right knee instability, and dismissed the appeal regarding entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus. The Board remanded the claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's bilateral knee conditions, except for granting a 20% rating for right and left knee meniscus conditions from October 8, 2020.
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