The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, depressive disorder, is granted as secondary to service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.,An effective date of August 28, 2010 for a 30 percent rating for right knee disability (including instability, surgical scarring, and limitation of flexion) is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's depressive disorder was found to be secondary to chronic pain from his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.,The effective date of August 28, 2010 for the right knee disability rating is based on the earliest communication indicating a claim for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Right Knee Disability (including right knee instability, surgical scarring, limitation of flexion)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24086652
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