The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection and granted a 20 percent rating for the left knee disability, but denied further increased ratings and a compensable rating for the scar.
The deciding factor: The July 1971 medical record did not take place during active duty service, so it does not meet the requirements of a new official service department record that was not of record as of the June 1978 rating decision. The claim cannot be reconsidered even with evidence of the July 1971 surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a service-connected left knee disability with a scar status-post meniscectomy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24072074
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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