The Board has granted an earlier effective date of July 27, 2020 for the grant of service connection for right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage. The Veteran's representative submitted a valid power of attorney and a VA Form 21-0966, Intent to File, which was received by VA on July 27, 2020. This decision is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined based on the receipt of a valid power of attorney and the filing of a claim within one year prior to the date of the intent to file.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066684
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- 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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